Thanks again for the additional replies. I got up the courage to drive it out
to my folks place and made a couple additional observations. Until everything
warms up, it acts perfectly normally. Normal clutch pedal feel, no noises.
as I
drove along, I found that the springy feeling\noises started happening
progressively farther up the clutch travel. I also found that if I only
depressed the pedal to the end of the "normal" feeling part of its travel, I
can still shift perfectly fine! I'm stumped! I checked the crank movement to
see if there was a problem with the thrust washers - no movement that I could
detect so I guess it definitely must be in the clutch mechanism. This engine
only has ~10,000 miles on it. This additional info jog any brains? I suppose I
will just have to take it apart and look - can't say I am looking forward
to it
but I suppose it will be a learning experience.
Thanks again for the tips and emotional support!
Kevin Rhodes
Portland, Maine
Freddy the sick Spit
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