[s-cars] it won't stop!

[chris chambers]

Well mahoney's guideline is if you're going to drop the transmission
it's a good time to chane the instrument cluster light bulbs.

Otherwise it takes forever working past the transmission to get to the bulbs! 
;-)

Right Bill?




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From: Mike Fitton <rfitton at vt.edu>
To: theringmeister at triad.rr.com
Cc: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com; S-CAR list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Wed, July 21, 2010 9:39:09 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] it won't stop!

Yeah, for sure.  No idea their age, so 50k+.  Also going to pull the 
rack for rebuild.  Any tips on that or just shell out for the reman?

-Cheers!
Mike


On 7/21/2010 9:35 PM, Wylie Bean wrote:
> If nothing else, if it does require a tranny-drop to fix, you might consider 
>doing the master, slave and rubber/metal line at the same time, unless they're 
>somewhat new.
> Wylie Bean
> TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
> 90 cq
> 91 90q20v
> 92 UrS4
> 08 Q7 3.6
> Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Fitton<rfitton at vt.edu>
> Sender: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:10:32
> To: Fred Munro<munrof at sympatico.ca>
> Cc:<s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] it won't stop!
>
> Awww, two votes for bearing/fingers.  I see the slippery slope looming
> ahead...
>
> -Cheers!
> Mike
>
>
> On 7/21/2010 8:45 PM, Fred Munro wrote:
>    
>> Mike;
>>
>> I would think "thrumming" in the pedal is more likely caused by a bad
>> throw-out bearing or broken fingers on the pressure plate. Since the clutch
>> won't release, I'd go with the broken fingers. Unfortunately that is a more
>> difficult fix than the clutch master.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Fred Munro
>> '97 S6
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
>> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Mike Fitton
>> Sent: July 21, 2010 7:30 PM
>> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
>> Subject: [s-cars] it won't stop!
>>
>> My clutch won't unclutchify.  Pedal goes down all the way, returns all
>> the way.  Effort is a little lighter than usual.  Won't release the
>> clutch and I can't get into gear from a stop.  Thrumming in the pedal.
>> No thrumming or any other abnormalities with the brakes.  That's
>> consistent with a clutch master, right?  Just want to double-check
>> before I order one.
>>
>>
>>      
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