clutch to floor

[Burl Vibert]

Kent McLean wrote:
> 
> 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.

In my case the clutch went to the floor when the actuating rod wore
through the actuating lever.  It kind of fits in a spherical
depression in it and had simply worn through the metal after all the
years of use.  This of course required tranny removal for repairs.

Burl Vibert
1987 5kcstq
Kingston, Ontario