Comments by "volvo09" (@volvo09) on "TOYOTA OWNERS! Never Make THIS Mistake When Buying Parts!" video.

  1. Nice car! What a gem!
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  2. Yeah, they last a long time, as long as you don't have a bad habit of slipping the clutch excessively when taking off or driving in traffic. I got rid of my 01 tundra that had 300k miles on the stock clutch. I loved the truck and the clutch was still fine when I got rid of it, but it was rusting to bits. My dad owned it since brand new, and I got it at 220k miles and drove it till 298k. I have a civic that I supercharged (bought it with 9k miles) and it's still on the stock clutch at 150k miles and still holding perfectly.
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  3. Also, that last mechanic was bad for putting a racing clutch in a street car. No one wants an on off switch for a clutch.
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  4. New Toyotas are fine. They can't go back in time and fix older vehicles.
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  5. ​ @02markcal  I just minimize clutch slip. I barely apply throttle when taking off so that I can have the clutch engaged fully as soon as possible (the bigger the engine the easier it is to do) and only apply throttle after the clutch is fully engaged on an upshift. I also rev match downshifts when I do downshift for power to eliminate that clutch wear (and jerk) of forcing the engine revs higher... Use the brakes to slow down, they are cheaper than a clutch. Only downshift to keep the engine in it's proper rev range, not to come to a stop. The clutch should really only be slipped to take off from a stop, and for as short as possible, the rest of the time it's just to decouple the engine for a shift. With my supercharged civic I know the clutch is too small (it's still OEM) so I absolutely can not let it slip under full load or i'd trash it in a heartbeat, it doesn't have the clamping power to force the engines revs down under full power too many times... The heat that generates is very high. I thought I'd need to replace it after I installed the supercharger, but it's been on for 100k miles! It helps that I don't beat on it, but I do have plenty of full throttle fun with it. Besides that (reducing wear / slip) there is no super skill to it. My dad tought me when I was a kid and I've always loved manual transmissions. He had to get me to stop slipping the clutch on upshifts when I was young, he said" stop trying to make it feel like an automatic, you don't have to slip every shift". So I sucked until I learned what the real purpose of the clutch was for.... Just a decoupling.
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  6. ​ @DeltaMike7773  yep, just don't slip the crap out of it and you are pretty good. I have known some people with bad habits that love slipping the clutch, especially at higher revs.
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  7. What a sweet truck! Manual trans and 4wd!
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