Re: hot shifting (was more $$)

[raf40@oes.amdahl.com (Richard Funnell)]

Steven,

At 4:04 PM 9/25/95, Steven Buchholz wrote:
>> You could have a problem where the clutch is slipping just a little when
>                                               ^^^^^^^^
>> the engine warms up.  This would be more likely if you had a hyd clutch.
>> My friend has a similar complaint on his T-bird SC.  You might also want
>> to look into the shift linkage ... the symptoms are not usually temp re-
>> lated, but there are some plastic parts in the linkage that can get brittle
>> and break with time.
>
>I said slipping ... I meant not completely disengaging.  My friend wants to
>pull the clutch to resolve the issue but has not as yet so he can't say if
>it is some problem with the clutch actuation mechanism or perhaps something
>with the clutch disk.
>
>Steve Buchholz
>s_buchho@kla.com

I thought this might be my problem, but I'm quite sure now that it isn't.
First off, I have replaced the clutch, throwout bearing, master and slave
cylinders with no real change (fortunately this problem's not the reason I
changed them).

Also, after it becomes stiff to shift, I can still engage 1st, then hold
the clutch in and shift back into neutral.  After some time, never having
released the clutch, it will go right back into 1st with no sound or feel
of transmission teeth meeting.  If the clutch is slightly engaged, it
should start the input shaft moving but doesn't seem to.  On my car, it
feels as if the shift linkage itself starts binding with the heat.

Richard Funnell,
San Jose, California
'83 urQ
'87 560 SL