[s-cars] HELP: Half clutch on the S-bitch

[Vincent Frégeac]

Hi all,

Looking for the list wisdom once more.

The S-bitch decided to take it lazy this evening only declutching half way.
The clutch pedal is much softer than usual, the gears very hard to engage,
but the clutch still engages at the same pedal position. When the pedal is
fully depressed, the clutch seems to be (and apparently is) not fully
disengaged. The car even moves on clutch slippage, though much less than an
autobox on drive. Besides, when I hit hard the go pedal, I have clutch
slippage in all gears (except first as I've not been able to engage it so I
was starting in 2nd). Now, the clutch slippage on boost may only be due to
the 200Kmiles aggravated by the repeated start in 2nd.

I was somewhat suspecting the slave cylinder as the master have been
replaced 3 years ago due to the common broken linkage. But does this slave
cylinder half fails sometimes, or am I in for a clutch fork breakage or
something that tasty?

In case it can explain something, I parked the car in a mild slope this
morning, 1st gear engaged, no e-brake, and found an half-declutching car
when I came back in the evening.

Any help appreciated, especially if it can help me not changing half a dozen
inaccessible parts which are not related in any way with the problem... as I
usually do.

TIA.




Vincent.