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

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

Yeah I had one of those crappy plastic ones. Get one from Adirondack (German
Atuo PArts) they ONLY sell the good metal cased ones. I have a spare on hand
now.

On 10/6/05, Jim Ruffi <sciroccos@earthlink.net> 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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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)