clutch to floor

[Kent McLean]

In our last episode, tucker smith was having clutch trouble:
> Please forgive me if this has been discussed recently - I searched the =
> archives awhile to no avail. The clutch pedal in my '89 200 TQ suddenly =
> mashed to the floor - sounded like something in there snapped - in heavy =
> traffic, of course. It looks as if you must unbolt the cast aluminum =
> frame to get at the mechanism. I wondered if anyone remembers going =
> through this

Of course we do. On my '89 200 TQ, it was the clutch pedal
itself. There is a little tab at the top that pushes on the
actuating rod. If it breaks (a rare occurrence), the pedal
will spring to the floor. You can pry it up with a toe, in
which case it springs back to normal. Of course, this does
nothing to the clutch itself.

There may be another, more major problem, but if you get 
lucky, a new clutch pedal is a "cheap" clutch fix.

Regards,
Kent McLean
'89 200 TQ w/212K miles, "Bad Puppy"