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Re: Clutch

To: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
Subject: Re: Clutch
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 09:40:00 -0700
Michael Hargreave Mawson wrote:
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> Here's a new one - or a new one to me, anyway.
> 
> I got into Carly for the first time in five days just now, and fired her
> up.   I'm happy to say that she started first time.   I'm not happy to
> say that, at least initially, the clutch pedal didn't seem to be doing
> anything.   I couldn't shift into any forward gear from neutral.   I did
> manage to shift into reverse (with a bit of a "clang"), and from there
> into first - but when I did, Carly crept forward, even though my left
> foot was flat to the floor.   After a three-point-turn (in which I
> stalled three times), all the problems suddenly seemed to disappear.
> 
> What's going on?   Is it a function of the incredible heat we're having
> as "weather", or am I facing another major repair?


Sounds like something in the hydraulics.  Most likely the piston in the slave 
cylinder was stuck and once you got it going, it freed itself.  Either
that or air in the line.    


Joe

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