Hello all, I'm having trouble putting my pedal box back into place. The return spring popped off and I'm not exactly sure of its orientation. Every direction I try to put it back on, it doesn't seem to push back against pressure like it seems like it should. Does anyone have a picture of how the clutch pedal return spring goes in their car?


Any help would be appreciated.

 

Never seen an STR with a manual transmission?
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Supposedly there are none. Not available new from Jaguar ever.

 

For a second, I thought you meant the spring wasn't supposed to be there. I was going to be excited!

 

Well, I guessed. We'll see how it goes!

 

Still no answer on how you have a manual trans STR since Jaguar did not make one?
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Still? You didn't exactly pose a question the first time. I wanted a manual transmission STR, so I'm making a manual transmission STR. I'm waiting on the slave cylinder now and I can bolt the trans in place for the final time.

 

Wow...good luck to you and success to you....a successful mod like that could be lucrative for you in the future

 

Very interesting mod. A tip of my (orthopedic) hat to you.

How will you handle the interface between the main computer and the non-existent transmission control module? I'd think this would cause all sorts of fault codes, restricted performance mode, etc.

 

How was anyone to guess that when you failed to say so?

 

That's great and we all would very much like to see how you did it?
I think many have wanted this but I have never seen anyone get it to work yet.
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How does what engine is mounted in the car change how the clutch pedal return spring is installed?

Incidentally, I've wagered the spring doesn't do much work until the top of the stroke to return it to the released position. It looks like to relies mostly on the hydraulic pressure from the master/slave. The other cars I've swapped have all had a spring design that presses back on the entire stroke. No surprise Jaguar has to be just a little bit different.

 

It will, and for awhile I'm sure I'll drive it around with a ton of christmas lights on the dash. I've been CAN sniffing in the time I'm waiting for parts to try and determine what exact signals the ECM expects so as not to flash all the lights available to it. It's a slow process because I'm not very skilled at it. Endgoal; an arduino and some code to solve the issue, or it might not. I won't know until I experiment.

I guess so. I'm not really looking to make money off this. When it's all said and done I'd be happy to show what all parts I used. Until it's finished though, I'm just another in a long line of guys attempting it.

 

You sent people down the path of wondering what on earth you were on about as your car was said to be an STR.

You thus made it hard to get the help you wanted.

 

If a picture of a clutch return spring attached to a manual trans pedal box wasn't enough of an explanation, then I don't know what to tell you. In the future, I'll pose all my questions around a hypothetical car so as not to confuse you. This pedantic attitude is what dissuaded me from bringing this project forward in the first place.

On second thought, I'm sorry. No hard feelings. I'll just go enjoy my car.

 

If you read up a bit you'll see how helpful people are with people who provide useful info right up front rather than having it dragged unwillingly out of them. Your choice how you act.

BTW the clutch is going to be one of the very easy things to solve.

 

Nevermind. It's not worth spreading more negativity.