4000 Quattro stuck in neutral w/ stiff clutch pedal
Grant Lenahan
glenahan at vfemail.net
Wed Dec 19 05:32:57 PST 2012
nver said you could not. I said, no one explained what they meant.
Grant
On Dec 19, 2012, at 12:18 AM, Ed Kellock wrote:
> I have started cars in gear dozens of times when I had clutch issues.
> Broken cable in a GTI, poor or toast hydraulics in several different Audis,
> even in a Ford SuperDuty flatbed. I navigated downtown Denver in summer in
> my urq with toasted hydraulics and a cracked firewall. Once those two issues
> were corrected, it drives great... the clutch is fine.
>
> Ed
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Grant Lenahan [mailto:glenahan at vfemail.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 5:32 AM
> To: Ed Kellock
> Cc: 'Rory [Armodis]'; quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: 4000 Quattro stuck in neutral w/ stiff clutch pedal
>
>
> OK, o if the clutch is engaged and you then engage the starter, the car will
> lurch forward.
>
> I heard nothing about that. It may start, it may not, i see no connection
> between whether the motor starts and if the clutch is good.
>
> Maybe being to precise and literal, but that was the statement.
>
> Grant
> On Dec 17, 2012, at 11:12 PM, Ed Kellock wrote:
>
>> Engine not running. Select first gear. No foot on clutch pedal. Engage
>> starter.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Grant Lenahan [mailto:glenahan at vfemail.net]
>> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 5:47 AM
>> To: Ed Kellock
>> Cc: 'Rory [Armodis]'; quattro at audifans.com
>> Subject: Re: 4000 Quattro stuck in neutral w/ stiff clutch pedal
>>
>>
>> i think you guys may be talking pat each other. Define "starting in
>> gear"...
>>
>> Grant
>> On Dec 16, 2012, at 10:05 PM, Ed Kellock wrote:
>>
>>> No. In my opinion a "bad clutch" will not connect the engine to the
>>> rest of the drivetrain. If you can start it in gear, it's connected.
>>> In fact, with at least 3 of my cars, starting the car in gear was the
>>> only saving grace when the clutch hydraulics failed. I could come to a
>>> stop, kill the engine, engage 1st gear, start the engine in gear, and
>>> shift without the clutch by matching gears. In each case, the clutch
>>> slave was bad, however the clutch master also failed shortly
>>> thereafter in all but one.
>>>
>>> Ed
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
>>> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Rory [Armodis]
>>> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2012 7:53 PM
>>> To: quattro at audifans.com
>>> Subject: RE: 4000 Quattro stuck in neutral w/ stiff clutch pedal
>>>
>>>
>>> Someone interested in buying the 4kq asked if the car could be
>>> started
>>> in gear, which it could before the battery died. The buyer said that
>>> would mean the clutch is bad. Does this sound accurate?
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