[s-cars] Clutch Issues

[James Pasqualoni]

Hey Abe-sorry to hear about that. My best guess is either the master, slave
or the soft line that runs between the two. General rule is brake fluid
inside the firewall = master. Brake fluid on the bell housing = slave. In
between could be the line. Not terri ly difficult to repair these, but space
is tight for he master and slave.

Let us know if you find fluid!

Jim Pasqualoni
On Aug 2, 2011 3:56 PM, "Abe Berman" <yellowcuda at gmail.com> wrote:
> Gentz,
>
> Was driving the 95.5 S6 Avant back from the dentist to my office today
with
> mouth numbed and windows open and felt something "pop" in my clutch upon
> shifting into fourth gear. Clutch then stuck to floor. Pulled it up with
> my toe, but to no avail. Had to pull it over and call for AAA. Cat not
> drivable, no hydraulic pressure. Having towed to local Audi wrench.
> Thinking pressure plate or slave cylinder, perhaps master. Perhaps some
> fluid leaking that I could discern from above, was in work clothes and
> didn't want to sacrifice them. Day just keeps getting better. Was on my
way
> back from having a filling repaired.
>
> Any thoughts on what I am up against? Only symptom preceding this was a
> weird throw-out bearing-ish noise occasionally when pulling out from a
> stand-still or when turning wheel sharply at low speed to pull into a
> parking spot. Could be unrelated though.
>
> Car has approximately 115k on the clock and possibly original clutch. Bill
> never replaced it and he bought it at 50-ish from Brian at Coventry
> Motorsports way back in the late 90's.
>
> Also, thoughts on replacement clutch to go with? Not looking for crazy
> performance, just something that has a nice cost/performance ratio. Car
has
> MTM 1+ chip, samcos, big reds. That's it.
>
> Abe
> Burlington, VT