[V8] Driving w/o control

[dsaad at icehouse.net]

That happened all the time to my old Jeepster when I was four wheeling. If the
frame was twisting while I hit the gas in low gear, low range (in other words
every time I was four wheeling) the clutch linkage would fall off. I got good at
shifting without a clutch. That thing was a POS in most ways but I sure would
love to have another one. You have not lived until you have had to downshift to
a non-syncro first gear or else have to back down a stupidly steep hill in
neutral. Sometimes I wonder how I made it past 21.

Dave

Quoting S_Matus <scott_matus at yahoo.com>:

> I remember about 20 years ago I had a Datsun Maxima where the clutch went
> out.  The Slave cylinder just would not pressurize (Seals gone).
>
> At the time I was commuting from SE Wisconsin down to Rolling Meadows,
> Illinois.  A 56 mile one-way trip.  I noticed it on my last Toll Plaza about
> 15 miles from work.  That makes for an interesting drive when you cannot stop
> and lug the hell out of the engine just to slow enough to pay the next 3 damn
> tolls.  (I planned to have exact change).  I had no problems up or down
> shifting and only had to turn the car off once on the return trip, then start
> it back up to get the car rolling.  It is amazing how much power that Hitachi
> Stater had to move the car.
>
> S.
>
>
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