Clutch Problems
Today the clutch pedal gave a bang and went down to the floor ... where it stuck. This was when we were going out to meet freinds for lunch I checked it out and what had happened was the clutch release rod had made a hole in the release lever and jammed around 1 1/2 inches through the lever. After 50 mins of rooting around under the car and burning myself on heads, headers etc. (all in direct sun of 40+ degrees C.) I managed to jury rig the clutch by putting a nut on the end of the rod to stop it going through again ... it got us home anyway . I can't remeber though if the clutch release lever (fork) is removable without taking the tranny out ... any advice ?? Or should I just get the hole in the fork welded up and ground to shape in situ ?? Last time I had the tranny out I struggled for the best part of a day with the car on axle stands trying to get it back in .... and finished up pulling the motor, mating the 2 up and putting them back as a unit.
Any help appreciated ..... also is this a common problem??
Today the clutch pedal gave a bang and went down to the floor ... where it stuck. This was when we were going out to meet freinds for lunch I checked it out and what had happened was the clutch release rod had made a hole in the release lever and jammed around 1 1/2 inches through the lever. After 50 mins of rooting around under the car and burning myself on heads, headers etc. (all in direct sun of 40+ degrees C.) I managed to jury rig the clutch by putting a nut on the end of the rod to stop it going through again ... it got us home anyway . I can't remeber though if the clutch release lever (fork) is removable without taking the tranny out ... any advice ?? Or should I just get the hole in the fork welded up and ground to shape in situ ?? Last time I had the tranny out I struggled for the best part of a day with the car on axle stands trying to get it back in .... and finished up pulling the motor, mating the 2 up and putting them back as a unit.
Any help appreciated ..... also is this a common problem??