Name that problem!

[jlagnese at massed.net (John S. Lagnese)]

does it have a range of motion? Any freeplay, too easy to move? The rod may
have punctured the plate.
John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Smith" <sad_rocc@yahoo.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: Name that problem!


> Well, I'm not sure what you mean by have I tried it, but it does move what
seems to be the full range (maybe 2", measured from the end of the lever).
Wheither it's doing anything or not, I don't know.
>
> About 9mo ago I had to take it to a shop for exhaust work and the mechanic
said that it "takes 2 men and a boy" to push in the clutch pedal. He said
this was from the pressure plate wearing, so I'm wondering if it finally
went.
>
> Dan
>
> "John S. Lagnese" <jlagnese@massed.net> wrote:
> Have you tried the arm for the clutch where the cable attaches? The push
> plate in the flywheel may have given up.
> John
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dan Smith"
> To:
> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 9:41 AM
> Subject: Name that problem!
>
>
> > I was delivering in the 84 mk2 the other day when there was a loud snap
> and the clutch pedal fell to the floor. That was the only noise, I popped
it
> into neutral and coasted it to a parking lot with no problem. I figured it
> was a broken clutch cable but when I removed the cable yesterday, it was
> fine. The little tube that goes from the firewall into the engine bay that
> holds the cable in place had snapped it's weld, but it looks like that
> happened awhile ago. I replaced the clutch cable with a different one and
> tried to remove as much freeplay as possible, but the pedal stills goes
down
> halfway before meeting only slight resistance. The clutch lever on the
> tranny does move it's seemingly full range of motion. I haven't been able
to
> start it and see what happens as for whatever reason the starter has
decided
> it doesn't want to do anything.
> >
> > Might as well ask about the starter too, now that I think about it. Car
> gets full power, idiot lights come on like when you have the key in run
but
> the car isn't running. In the start position, there is a clicking sound
that
> sounds exactly like when you have a blinker on. Starter doesn't even try.
> Absolute zip from it, and it was fine before the clutch died. I tried
> whacking on the starter but that didn't do anything. All I can think of is
> maybe I knocked something while trying to get the clutch cable to attach
to
> the clutch?
> >
> > Assuming problem #1 is due to a clutch assembly failure, can I pull the
> clutch off my FF tranny and swap the whole assembly in? This car isn't
worth
> a new clutch, but I was wondering if there was any 1 time use bits.
> >
> > TIA,
> > Dan
> >
> >
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