Loss of power

[njcooper15]

I have a 98 S-10 4x4 with a 4.3 V6 Manuel transmission. one day I first started to nottice my truck did not have the power it usually had, it did not have the same pick-upto it. well it started to get worse. pretty soon it took me about 2min to go 100 yards with me giveing it all it had. I was on my way to work when it got this bad i was trying to get it home, but when i went to it at the end of the day it would start fine,but it sounded like I was just reving in up in nuetrul. the egine sounds fine, just no power. I had no problems shiftting at all. any ideas?

[lt1s10onair]

do you mean it idles high? im confused on the revving in neutral part...... unless you mean that the clutch is slipping..... when you accelerate in gear, it feels like you are just revving it? thats the clutch..... if not, just try to be a little more specific

[njcooper15]

no the egine idles fine, when i press the gas pedal whileit is infirst gear it will not move at all anymore.

[fastr68]

tranny broken ? first gear busted ? ive seen a few of the 5 speeds break internally and lose a gear or two.. andhave bits and pieces broken inside them

even the 2.8L ones i have seen do this the early 90s ones before the good stronger years of them


doesnt take much sometimes


this is why i prefer auto trannies

good luck

[S15vortecpwr]

sounds like clutch to me or bad slave cylinder

[njcooper15]

thanks for the help, I aml eaning more towrds the clutch myself, but I will have to wait till I get back from Iraq to find out, I have a month left so I am trying to get some ideas where to start at when I get home.