brand new clutch switch wont stay in!! and now boost problem since changing

[Berg]

I bought a brand new clutch position switch as my old one wasnt in and the thread had stripped

The new switch screws in but as soon as i release the clutch pedal it shoots out which has stripped the thread on the new one too!!

does anyone have a way around this?

 

[Berg]

i managed to get the switch in, it adjusted the pedal and the bite point and then the clutch is slipping so i guess the old owner did this to stop it slipping for a while

now i unplugged the sensor im now having boost problem??

car goes to 12psi and then backs off to 10psi

before it was 18psi

owner for one week and i regret it already

 

[Fl@pper]

i thought they fitted by pushing in and twisting 90'

disconnecting it won't help boost i would think - ecu will think your riding the pedal or sat there with the clutch in

 

[Berg]

i thought they fitted by pushing in and twisting 90'

disconnecting it won't help boost i would think - ecu will think your riding the pedal or sat there with the clutch in

the brake pedal sensors do, but my clutch one has a thread and it screws into pedal

thats does sound true, at the minute my switch is dangling under the dash, when the clutch is out the pedal switch is pushed in so if i could keep the switch pushed in somehow and see what happens

 

[Fl@pper]

should only be sticking out enough to break the circuit ideally - try a bit of PTFE tape over the threads , not a cure but will help until a new one sourced

 

[Berg]

should only be sticking out enough to break the circuit ideally - try a bit of PTFE tape over the threads , not a cure but will help until a new one sourced

ill give it a go cheers

i actually have the new switch in now but as i couldn't get that one to stay in the pedal either its dangling too lol

 

[Fl@pper]

owch - lol - screw the next one in bit by bit shame really as i have a box full of brake switches here but clutch ones would have kept ya busy all night

 

[Berg]

owch - lol - screw the next one in bit by bit shame really as i have a box full of brake switches here but clutch ones would have kept ya busy all night

lol

only problem is i think the old owner took the switch out so it would adjust the clutch, without the switch in the pedal is high and the bite point is right at the top and almost unusable

i used the old switch and glued it into the pedal which held it in and lowered the bite point, but the clutch was slipping its t*** off so couldnt really moniter the boost or anything and had to take it out again

sorry for the long read lol