Re: Problem with GTi tranny

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

not me w/the prob. but, I'll forward the message to list.


From: William J Erikson <williamjosiah@juno.com>
>To: green536@hotmail.com
>Subject: Re: Problem with GTi tranny
>Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 09:50:05 -0400
>
>You might have somehow put the release rod through the plate, or maybe
>somehow the fingers on the pressure plate broke?
>	Put it back together and make SURE it doesn't work, then pull the trans
>and take a look.
>	-Josiah
>
>
>
>On Tue, 27 Jul 1999 22:59:13 PDT "Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>
>writes:
> >I doubt it is anything inside the green cap (throwout bearing only).
> >Did you
> >adjust your clutch cable to the recommended 9mm of play at the lever?
> >
> >
> >>From: Roccolover@aol.com
> >>To: scirocco-L@scirocco.org
> >>Subject: Problem with GTi tranny
> >>Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 22:54:33 EDT
> >>
> >>This post is regarding my '89 GTI 16V.  I apologize if you guys like
> >fellow
> >>listers to be in the Scirocco family but I believe I have the same
> >020
> >>tranny
> >>as the 16V rocco's.  Anyway, when replacing my clutch cable I used a
> >jack
> >>to
> >>hold up the clutch release lever and accidentally left it jacked up
> >for 6
> >>hours because I almost had a heat stroke in my garage and waited
> >until the
> >>sun went down.  So when I came back out to my car I noticed the jack
> >and
> >>when
> >>I removed it there was no resistance left in the lever.  It can
> >easily be
> >>picked up and held there.  So the pedal just drops to the floor since
> >the
> >>lever won't pull the cable back hard enough.  What is the problem?
> >The
> >>lever
> >>itself?  The release bearing inside?  The pushrod?  Will I have to
> >remove
> >>the
> >>whole tranny and replace the clutch or can it be fixed just by
> >removing the
> >>end green cap and fixing what's wrong?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Shawn
> >>'89 GTI 16V
> >>
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> >
> >Chris DeLong
> >ICQ#44945808
> >'80 16V Rag
> >'65 Bus (ugly, but good for campin' W/toaster oven)
> >'82 GLI
> >'80 'Vert
> >'80 PU (slammed to the curb)
> >'61 17 Window
> >
> >
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Chris DeLong
ICQ#45030867
'80 16V Rag
'65 Bus (ugly, but good for campin' W/toaster oven)
'82 GLI
'80 'Vert
'80 PU (slammed to the curb)
'61 17 Window




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