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

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

I dunno Jim, since you admit to being human and all, I think list policy in
a case such as this is removal of the Sciroccos from the household, to
become wards of the state, err, list. Then we decide if it would be most
humane to part them or not...seriously, sorry to hear that, it does really
suck. But it's all good now, right?
Cathy

On 7:01:07 pm 10/06/05 Eric Person <scirocco25@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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