Clutch going out on Type 44???

[Doyt W. Echelberger]

Hello Adam........When my clutch failed on my 87 5ktq in 1997, at 117k
miles, I was stranded and the car required flatbedding to a garage. The
failure mode involved the mechanism that operates the clutch. A part called
"the fork" broke and required replacement. I also replaced the clutch and
throw-out bearing and clutch slave cylinder at the time. Cost was $1,000 US
dollars.  Took a few days to get the part, and some time to get it in
place. Figure on not having transportation for up to a week, worst case.
The car now has 237k miles on it.

Doyt Echelberger

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At 09:52 PM 5/17/2002 -0700, you wrote:
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>How do I know if my clutch is going out on my 87 5KCSQ (242,000 miles)????
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>I have hearing a new noise (sounds almost like a pump running dry) and
>feeling some vibration in the clutch peddle.
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>I have never had a clutch "go out" so I am curious if that might be what
>is going on.
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>I am just wondering if the clutch does 'Go out' am I going to be stranded
>somewhere???
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>Thanks for the help
>
>Adam
>Olympia, WA
>87 5KCQ 242,000 and growing