quattro won't move

[Eyvind Spangen]

On Wed, 19 Sep 2001 19:58:35 EDT, you wrote:

>Here's the deal. I'm looking at a very used (214,000 miles) '89 100 Quattro. 
>It smokes and it won't move. Cause of the smoke seems obvious. It is the 
>won't move that makes me curious. I started the car, and without using the 
>clutch, I was able to shift fairly freely between gears. There was some 
>noise. Of course, I suspect the clutch is completely fried. But, is there 
>anything else in the drive line which could shear and give this result? 

Can it be the shift linkage that allows so much play that you can't
get it into gear? BTDT on a '87 5k, but the "H" pattern also
disappeared..

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Regards,
ES