Name that problem!

[peter at thescirocco.com (Peter)]

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

You can either remove the pedal cluster, weld or replace it, or you can
install a large washer between the firewall and clutch cable.		

The large rubber puck and washer on most A2's, in the same location, work
great.

Un-plug and follow the solenoid wire from the starter back towards the
firewall, about 2' back you'll find a spade interlock connector...
Cut this off, and splice in a new ~10 gauge wire, or you can re-use the
stiff old wire. If you re-use the wire, I recommend at least replacing the
solenoid spade connector.

HTH! 

Peter
http://thescirocco.com
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