What happens when you downshift from 4th to 3rd? Does it slip?
Bill
'76B
At 07:53 AM 10/10/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Dan and others,
>
>One thing I should have added is that in the last few weeks, I have noticed
>that the clutch is slipping in 3rd & 4th gears if I accelerate fairly fast,
>but under normal driving I don't notice it. This is what I noticed first and
>then noticed the change in the clutch engagement/disengagement place in the
>pedal travel. When I first bought the car about a year ago, it felt like the
>clutch fully engaged about 2" from the top of the pedal travel and had to be
>fully depressed to completely disengage at a stop. I will not rule out the
>possiblity that I don't really have a problem but I do know that there
>should zero clutch slipage.
>
>
> > Don, what makes you assume you have a problem? My 76B
> > only needs about 3 inches of travel to disengage, and
> > I had a new clutch put it a couple years (and about
> > 1500 miles) ago...
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