4kq stranded me

[Aaron Sherrick]

Thanks all for your replies.  As it turned out it was the master cylinder.
I was going to tell the mechanic to replace the slave cylinder as well (per
everyone's suggestion), but he fixed the car before I ever got a chance to
tell him what I wanted.  I guess I really can't complain considering the car
was dropped off at the shop Friday after hours (they're closed all weekend),
and he had it fixed my Monday afternoon.  Total damage was $250.

Aaron
'86 4kq (that shifts again)

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
Behalf Of Aaron Sherrick
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 11:56 PM
To: Quattro List
Subject: 4kq stranded me

The title says it all.  In my 5 years of ownership this is the only time
(save my one accident) that the car has left me stranded.  I had been
noticing that my clutch pedal would stick about half way from the floor
after a shift.  This didn't happen consistently, but it did happen several
times and then go away.  So today I'm driving and this starts happening.
Then I go to shift and clutch pedal stays on the floor.  I had to pull it
out with my hand.  This continues for a few shifts and then finally the car
refuses to shift into gear.  With the clutch pedal on the floor the clutch
was still partially engaged, so that explains why I couldn't shift.  The
police came and stopped traffic for me.  Then I turned the car off, got the
car into first gear, and then started the car up (with the clutch pedal on
the floor).  It immediately started bucking, so I gave it gas and got the
car across the street into a parking lot.  I then had the car taken away on
a rollback.  By the way, why is it bad to toe a Quattro?  I thought I
remembered someone saying about how it ruins the rear differential.

>From my very limited knowledge my guess is there is a problem with the
clutch slave cylinder.  Maybe a hydraulic leak of some kind.  What do you
guys think?  And most importantly, what's it gonna cost me?  Thanks.

Aaron
'86 4kq (with an attitude problem)