Clutch stuff (help needed!)

[kervinridgley@earthlink.net (Kervin)]

On my engine swap, I had one for the pressure plate/crank bolts started
backing out.  I re-thread lock all of them and it has been fine for 1000
miles so far.

Nate Mellom wrote:
> 
> -Mk1-
> 
> A few weeks ago I took to replacing the clutch on my '81.  Ever since I
> got it, it seemes to engage very high in the clutch pedal travel, and
> recently it started slipping under hard acceleration, so I figured it
> was shot.  Pulled everything, turned out the clutch and pressure plate
> were both okay, but a leaking rear main seal was causing my problems.
>  Replaced the seal, replaced the clutch (I had the Sachs set in my
> basement for a year), and now all is good.
> 
> -Mk2-
> 
> My current problem.  '84, 1.8 JH, 4K. A few months ago I was pulling to
> a stop sign, pushed in the clutch pedal and it went POP and that was it,
> the clutch pedal wasn't activating the clutch release, so the clutch
> wouldn't disengage.  Limped home (started and drove home in first, 4
> blocks), did some investigation.  Clutch pedal was fine, teh firewall
> connection was okay.  Pulled the green end cap, the pushrod wasn't
> pushing back.  The general list consensus was pushrod punch-through of
> the push plate.  Fast forward to last week.  Got parts from Potterman.
>  Pulled my tranny, the push plate is fine.  It is a recent Sachs
> replacement, done by the PO a couple years ago, it's now on it's third
> engine.  Everything looked okay, nothing seemed broken, no oil on
> anything, nothing.  I checked the pressure plate, and all the fingers
> and springs seemed okay, but it was the only thing I could see that
> could cause problems.  I had an old pressure plate on one of my spare
> motors (JH).  It wasn't a Sachs, and it did look a little different, but
> I figured it would work.  So I installed the new (different) PP, bolted
> everything back up, and the clutch pedal felt perfect, just like it used
> to (with the car shut off).  I started it, and this is what happened:
> 
> Reverse would engage with a CRUNCH if I pushed it in fast, if I went
> slow I could hear and feel the gears grinding.  First, Second, Fourth
> and Fifth would not engage, it was like pushing against a rubber wall.
>  I could get Third with no problem.
> 
> My guess is that the old pressure plate had something broken in it and
> wasn't releasing the clutch.  The new pressure plate and the Sachs disk
> aren't compatible, so the clutch won't disengage.  I'm thinking I need a
> new Sachs pressure plate or a new clutch set to remedy the situation, I
> see there is a 16v plate on Potters site for an 8v upgrade, would this
> be usable?
> 
> So many questions......
> 
> Nate
> '81
> '84
> 
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Kervin
80 1.7 8v Ole Paul sold to the great north
82 1.7 8v The gift 
86 2.0 8v no knock sensor yet
00 tt600