Re: Problem with GTi tranny

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

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
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'80 16V Rag
'65 Bus (ugly, but good for campin' W/toaster oven)
'82 GLI
'80 'Vert
'80 PU (slammed to the curb)
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