Re: random problem - clutch not disengaging??

[David Liu <dyliu@pacbell.net>]

At 06:25 PM 2/21/00 -0800, you wrote:
> From my experience you either have a clutc disk that has lost its springs 
> and are flying around in the bellhousing and getting stuck between thee 
> pp and the disk or the flywheel and the disk.

oh shit. this would suck. big time.

>Another possible situation could be the finger behind the green cap has a 
>cracin it and has slipped a few teeth and therefore makes the clutch 
>adjustment wayyyyy off.

ditto.

>And finally your clutch cable could be breaking. Is it hard to press down? 
>Is it frayed? Try adjusting it and see what happens.

it seems fine. a while back the cable actually snapped on me - i replaced 
it with a good condition used one. the play feels fine.

thanks chris and all. more comments welcomed..
dave


>All in all I doubt it is your cable from the story you gave. A bad cable 
>would not work fine for awhile and thenfix itself and then be abd and then 
>fix itself again.
>
>All this info hopefully should help. I hope....
>
>
>
>>hey all-
>>
>>i had this problem about a month ago that i shrugged off, but it happened
>>again yesterday and it was worse than before so i must ask for help from
>>the group...
>>
>>about a month ago, i put the car in a parking space only to have to move my
>>car a few seconds later. as i got into the car, i depressed the clutch
>>pedal (the gearbox was in 1st, i believe) and turned the key... the engine
>>stalled. it seemed like the clutch had not disengaged fully. i depress the
>>clutch pedal a few times, shift the gearbox a few times with the engine
>>off. started the engine - the clutch disengaged but grinded a bit as i put
>>the gearbox in reverse. no problem since...
>>
>>yesterday, i put the car in a parking spot, took off for a few hours, came
>>back to the car, depressed the clutch, started the engine. stalled. shift
>>into all gears with clutch depressed/engaged, engine off and run through
>>the gears. started the engine, engine stalled. the clutch was still
>>engaged!!! after cursing (not at my car, of course : ) i  tried shifting
>>again a few more times with the engine on, gearbox in neutral... no matter
>>how many times i tried depressing the clutch, i could not engage into any
>>gears except reverse (i only did this once only to hear grinding, ouch..)
>>after cursing some more and taking some deep breaths i started the engine
>>again with the clutch depressed, put the lever in first.. it worked! what
>>the hell is going on???
>>
>>it's not a good feeling to start the engine with the clutch engaged..
>>
>>thanks
>>dave
>>
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