please help me, today i was on the freeway, and i was doin the normal ol' shift thing and i went to shift, and i think i missed a gear. Now the car is on the side of the road, it runs, but the car won't move. I'm hoping it's just the clutch, but you think it's anything else? Whole tranny mabie??? I can go thorugh all the grears by hand, and i smeled a burning smell, and the clutch feels a bit spongy.

 

What kind of car?

Can you run through the gears with the car on? If so then it is the clutch but it is very odd for it to suddenly die. Is there any fluid on the ground or leaking? If you can get it in first with the car running what happens when you release the clutch?

 

sounds to me like the clutch but more information is needed. but Cosmo is right in saying that it is very strange for it to just die. does it "shut off" only when the car is in gear?

 

Sounds like either a clutch pressure plate failure or the clutch face is oil contaminated.

If the clutch pedal has reverse pressure (pedal returns on its own after depressing the pedal you can count out the pressure plate and clutch slave cylinder.

Most likely then the its oil contamination. For it to happen so quickly it sounds like the tranny main shaft oil seal is shot, rather than the tranny front bearing paper gasket.

To access either of these seals you'll need to:

1/ drain the tranny oil, drop exhaust and heat shields
2/ drop starter and drive shaft,
3/ pull the tranny (back about a 12-18"),
4/ slide out the release fork and throwout bearing,
5/ remove the front bearing cover (6 bolts)
6/ pull mainshaft front oil seal from interior of bearing cover.
7/ remove clutch/pressure plate and clean/replace

The mainshaft front oil seal is $3.50, bearing cover paper gasket $2.70. Might as well replace the pilot bearing inside the E-shaft $11.50 and its seal $2.1.
Depending on how badly the oil scorched the disc, pressure plate, and flywheel these will have to be resurfaced or replaced.

Good Luck.