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Um...Help..I think I just wrecked my 240. 200 1986

Yeah the title is self explanatory.

I got my 240 stuck in over a foot of snow in my driveway this evening.
I was the only person there.
I don't have AAA.
The shop I work at was closed.

I had to be somewhere and I was already late...
Yeah you see where this is going...

So I gunned it in reverse..I let the clutch out and I was redlining it in reverse A.) Because I was pissed off I was going to be late, and B.) That I got stuck in snow.

Well after about 15 seconds of redlining the car, I got it out of the driveway and I was on my "merry" way.
I shifted into 2nd and then 3rd and then I noticed something...The engine was reving, but I wasn't going any faster. Perplexed, I shifted it into 4th gear and it did the same thing.

So by now I'm even madder because it sounds like I wore out the damned clutch plate on top of the hell of a week this car has been giving me.

Monday: After replacing the e-brake shoes and hardware, they work properly until I get about 2 miles down the road and they promptly get stuck, seize up and ruin my rotors and e-brake cables. God I love defective parts.

Tuesday: I realize I don't even want to replace the e-brake cables. I never use the e-brake, so I just take off all of the e-brake components, replace the rotors and call it a day.

15 minutes later after leaving the shop: The passenger side backing plate is rubbing up against the new rotor. I pull up to my house, slam the door shut on the car and swear at it in Italian.

Wednesday: This clutch fiasco.

So...What I'm wondering is did I just wreck my clutch plate or could it be doing this because of the stupid backing plate? I swear I am SO done with this car. It's nickel and diming me to death.






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