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Maxxie Maxxie is offline
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: The Netherlands
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Clutch pedal dropped to the floor

Hi,

I've been following this forum for quite some time now. But now i've got a problem i can't solve.

The following happened to my '85 3.2:

I was pulling up and shifted from 1st to 2nd gear. It went bumpy with some 'boinking' noise.
After engaging the clutch the pedal dropped to the floor.
I drove home in 2nd gear and parked the car, thinking it's probably the clutch cable.

Today i've put the car on a lift to take a look. The cable is just fine.
However the throw-out lever (with the big spring) isn't in its correct position.

I've pushed it clockwise so it's in his 'natural' position. And depressed the clutch pedal again. It went straight to the bottom again.

From this point i pushed the lever clockwise again and changed the position of the adjustment lever to an 90 degree angle, adjusted the cable and adjustment bolt and tried to depress the clutch pedal again.

This time i could actually depress the clutch pedal, but the clutch stays locked.
I also tried it with a running engine and the gears grind, so it's positive the clutch doesn't disengage.

I'm suspecting the fork, but before i drop the engine.... maybe someone has a solution?

Greetings,

Mathieu


P.S. I hope my spelling is correct, since i'm from Holland i don't write English every day....
Old 02-24-2009, 02:59 PM
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