[s-cars] UrS6 Monday morning clutch woes...

[Peter Schulz]

ps>  clutch slipped in 4th gear while I was nursing it home..


On Oct 10, 2011, at 9:06 AM, Peter Schulz wrote:

> Sharing my morning...hope your's has gone better.
> 
> Patient...1995.5 S6 Avant, 175k miles, MTM1+
> 
> I left house this morning for some important meetings in the office.
> 
> Drove onto the on ramp to the highway. 
> Trouble started when accelerating onto the high way, went to put transmission into 5th gear.
> Depressed clutch, shifter didnt want to move into 5th...or any gear.
> 
> pumped clutch, finally got it into 4th, drove to exit.
> Got it out of 4th, turned off car, put into 1st started car in gear....
> Combination of pumping clutch and rev matching got it home, swapped cars (nice to have a spare or two when owning an older audi (see my sig)
> Car is sitting in driveway, sitting in neutral...can't put transmission into reverse.
> 
> Figuring out what I'm going to do....thinking its a clutch job, likely to do slave at same time..
> I'm capable of doing this, but without a lift,  and never having done one, likely going to have the work done.
> 
> Looking to stay with a stock level/grade clutch.
> 
> Appreciate any BTDTs, BTDDT (Been there dont do that) , etc..
> 
> Hope your Monday is going better.
> 
> ps> it's my Birthday today, not sure what my car is trying to tell me ;-)
> 
> 
> -Peter Schulz
> Chelmsford Ma, USA
> http://www.naaclub.org/
> 
> 1995.5 S6 Avant Emerald/Ecru
> 1995.5 S6 Avant Silver/Platinum
> 1991 90Q 20v Q Red
> 1991 90Q 20v Indigo
> 1991 CQ silver  (eS2 recipient) 
> 
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