The joy of running a 26 year old car...

[Ian65]

A dark, rainy, Friday morning rush hour at an island on a busy trunk road and it lets me down... glad the insurance provides free breakdown cover.



Never been so glad to get back into the modern car.

[myatt1972]

You cant leave it at that, what was the problem ?

[A7RXY]

Ran out of petrol ...............:Giggle

[myatt1972]

I didnt dare say that, he lives too close to me!

[Ian65]

Gave it some stick to overtake a hgv on the A5 and struggled to change up from 1st to 2nd.
Eventually got it into 2nd and then just about got 3rd and 4th.
Got to the island and completely lost the clutch. Couldn\'t put it into gear at all. Had to push the bloody thing in all the traffic off the carriageway onto a nearby pub carpark.

Pedal just goes to the floor. I\'m hoping it might just be the hydraulics or else it will turn into a big job that will probably have to wait until the spring cause I\'m too busy at the moment.
Had a quick look whilst waiting for the recovery truck and couldn\'t see any fluid leaking anywhere... I suppose the seal could be passing.


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[yehreally]

clutch fork(ed) ?
 

[Ian65]

clutch fork ?

yeah, I reckon it could be, but I don\'t really want to think about it!
 I was thrashing it when it just lost the clutch and the cylinders look dry so there\'s a good chance.
The pedal has completely gone.

[myatt1972]

If the pedal stayed on the floor it could be master cylinder, thats what mine did. Or as said the fork or the bearing gone through the pressure plate.
Did you get any noises ?
 
Look on the bright side................................You have now done 1000 posts

[Ian65]

The pedal returns slowly as if the cylinder springs are bringing it back up but when I press it  there\'s nothing there... hardly any resistance.... I reckon the problem is either the fork or the clutch... I was just hoping ( probably in vain) that it was something simple. I think that I must have  bent and cracked the fork going from 1st to 2nd and then as I went up the box I\'ve broken it off or bent it so much it doesn\'t press the clutch.
I hope not!

[Ian65]

Look on the bright side................................You have now done 1000 posts

1000 posts in just over 12 months....

[CHC (RIP)]

Could be the master cylinder - take a torch into the footwell and see if there is any play (rattling side fit) in the pushrod from the pedal.
Tough luck Ian but a 1000+ posts - well done

[Ian65]

checked the hydraulics this morning, they\'re fine..... oh s***!

[David Nock (RIP)]

Tough Luck Ian. Feel the pain for you.

I can\'t see it waiting to the Spring though....That wouldn\'t be you at all. I bet it\'s in bits next week.

Dibs has shown us the way for getting new clutches though.

[captainbizzaro]

Bugger thats not good.:mad:

[Ian65]

Tough Luck Ian. Feel the pain for you.

I can\'t see it waiting to the Spring though....That wouldn\'t be you at all. I bet it\'s in bits next week.

Dibs has shown us the way for getting new clutches though.

If it was just the clutch Dave, I\'d have done it this morning but this car is a bit more involved!
It\'s had a bit of a whine on the gearbox since I bought it and I was waiting to put in one of my spare boxes when I dropped the engine out to change the sump for the Elford turbo conversion.
Trouble is, my project car SPA is stuck over my pit with no suspension on it so the pit\'s out of action and so that makes the work on the other car more awkward... factor in dark nights, cold weather and the general pressures of life and it becomes a bit of a mare.

So it\'ll be bonnet off, rad out, exhaust off, prop off, engine and box out, change the sump, fix the clutch problem then rebuild it all......outside.... on the drive!
I really don\'t fancy it!