WAS: My clutch?? I thought it was my clutch...now I'm not so sure., NOW: bonehead move of the year

[scirocco25 at gmail.com (Eric Person)]

Thankyouverymuch.


 >Are you sure your clutch cable is ok where it goes through the 
 >firewall?  Its pretty hard to get all the pressure plate springs to 
 >fail at once.

 >Eric

Jim Ruffi wrote:
> Ahhhh  HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHaHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH!
> 
> <sob>
> 
> It was my cable.  It had collapsed at the firewall.  The internal cable was
> fine; the sheath collapsed.
> 
> I had oil on my clutch and needed to do a steering rack boot, rear main
> seal, input shaft seal and .80 5th, but that doesn't excuse my stupidty.  I
> should have looked more closely at the whole thing and seen that the release
> lever wasn't lifting enough.  That won't happen again.
> 
> The car should be on the road today.  New trans mounts, too.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: scirocco-l-bounces+sciroccos=earthlink.net@scirocco.org
>>[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+sciroccos=earthlink.net@scirocco.org]On
>>Behalf Of Jim Ruffi
>>Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 11:33 PM
>>To: Scirocco-L
>>Subject: My clutch?? I thought it was my clutch...now I'm not so sure.
>>
>>
>>Pulled the tranny, 'cause my pedal went to the floor the other
>>day.  No, the
>>cable wasn't broken.  You could pull the lever up at the trans very easily,
>>way past the point where you're supposed to feel resistance and the clutch
>>is supposed to disengage.  But my clutch doesn't disengage.
>>
>>Knowing I had a good and connected cable, I proceeded to take the green end
>>cap off and check the arm and lever.  No cracks, everything working.
>>Checked the throwout bearing for collapse.  No problem there.
>>
>>Pulled the tranny, expecting to see a hole in the pushplate or a deformed
>>rod....nothing.
>>Pressure plate looks ok.  Clutch worn, but looks ok.  Rod is fine.
>>
>>I remember experiencing this many years ago and it being the result of a
>>pressure plate failing.  Like the fingers had collapsed or something...I
>>could be mistaken....I hope that's what's going on here, as I have a new
>>clutch but no indication that it'll fix my problem.
>>
>>Your thoughts and advice is appreciated!!
>>
>>Jim
>>
>>
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