I Bought an Auction Camaro ZL1 with a 'Bad Clutch' and Fixed it in 3 Minutes

I bought this Super Cheap, Supercharged ZL1 at auction that was hiding several thousand worth of power mods. This car was listed with a "Bad Clutch," and even though I had a problem getting it into gear at first, it was something so easy to fix, it basically cost us nothing!

[madislandguy]

Years ago, a lady in my town asked me if I wanted a 4x4 F150 of hers that got stranded in a parking lot because she thought the clutch went out. She described what happened and I said it sounds like if she just put some more fluid in the clutch reservoir, it would start working properly. She got agitated and insisted the clutch was shot and asked again if I wanted the truck. I said sure, and proceeded to put some more fluid in my new free truck. Here it is 15 years later and it still works fine.

[resqguy]

I knew at some point we were going to see a hack job stereo install when I noticed the wires sticking out of the driver's door jamb with no protection. The self tappers in the trunk were the icing on the cake. Rip all that stuff out and plug those holes and call it a day!

[Henchman]

Damn, turns out I'm an OG with the pizza car.

[EequalsMCed]

Car farmer. How many head of car you got now, partner?

[_Haris]

A True OG man, been here since the Flooded Jetta. (like close to 8 yrs ago)

[Delm]

I worked in the oshawa assembly building these Camaros, used to marry the engine and trans together. Great to see this video

[SingleTrackMined]

The wear 'sensor' is that little piece of metal at the top of the pad. When the pad wears down the metal scrapes on the rotor and makes a noise. That is the indication you need new pads.

[akshonclip]

The carbon fiber hood was actually cheaper than a steel hood for GM because of the re-tooling that would be required for a steel hood to integrate with the supercharger bump. On a limited production car it wouldn’t have made sense

[MichaelBrown-jojk]

That cooler you see looks like a FI interchiller or a killerchiller, it uses the A/C to keep the IAT's down in the blower

[aymaneoubad]

This is easily one of the best cars you have scored. Cheers!

If the brake fluid in the clutch actuation has adsorbed some water when the engine bay heat soaks after engine shutdown the water can boil creating small bubbles in the line and preventing proper clutch release when the vehicle is started. This confuses the owner because the clutch released just fine the last time that they drove it.
The solution is a full fluid flush. A simple bleed will fix it short term but without changing all the contaminated fluid the issue will return.

[ImpalaSS]

I was a vehicle inspector for an auction company. Any non factory hole bigger than a dime drilled through a panel deemed a structural element would be marked structural damage. Look harder, I don’t think the screw holes for the amp grounds is why it was listed with structural damage.

[jfv]

That little connecting cross pipe between the 2 exhaust pipes is for boosting lower and midrange torque. In some cars it is shaped like a big X.
Sometimes people remove it to get 2 separate exhaust systems. It might get a more fruity sound but it actually hurts performance.
There are lots of sports bikes that also have these connecting pipes between 2 exhaust header tubes. It's for the same reason, to improve torque in certain lower or midrange rev range. ( i think i saw it on a Yamaha R1)

[SturbokSensei]

Massive respect for refreshing the brakes before you go out and try out the 700hp! The brake pad wear sensor was that small metal prong on the edge of the pad, it's called an audative wear sensor since it makes an absolute racket if the metal prong starts touching the rotor.

[slincolne]

Hi Sam - good to see you back online. With the recent weather over there I wasn't sure if you were OK. Hope everything has dried out now :-)

[ocularpressure]

Damn Sam looked young in the pizza 🍕 car video

[NearObsolete]

Just bought my first car for $1000 because it had a “bad clutch”, had to pump it for 5 minutes to have a chance at going into gear. Guy said it would be a pretty easy fix regardless but not to have high hopes. $5 of clutch fluid and a total clutch bleed later and it was on the road shifting no problem at all and continues to run perfectly. Total cost was around $1800cdn

[michaelwynne]

Good buy Sam, i wouldn't be afraid to buy that Car with that mileage.

[waxingchandler]

I still find it wild that you work on these cool cars in either a field or in a horse barn. Keep wrenching Sam!

[trebm]

The way Sam “stores” all his cars in an open field never ceases to amaze. Tons of issues can arise from this