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*#@&%@ I'm pissed!!!!!!
Come sit right down and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fatefull quattro....
But I digress, oh man, you guys'll never believe what just happened to me
on the UrQ... so I just get done putting the engine back together - brand
new RS2 turbo, huge oil cooler, huge radiator fan and all - lower her
down off the jack stands, start her up (she purrs like a kitten now), try
putting her into gear, and GRRRRRRIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDD!!!!!!!! Seems
I can't get her into reverse (or any gear for that matter) because the
clutch won't dissengage.
Now I know what you're all thinking - problem with the clutch hydraulic
system, right? Well, bleeding it didn't help, so next I removed the
clutch slave cylinder, and it checked out OK. The clutch pedal feels
fine, and my thinking on that is if the hydraulics were bad, the clutch
would probably stay on the floor after being pressed down for a long
enough period of time.
Which leads us to the next and current working theory - I think the damn
clutch has rust welded itself onto the transmission input spline after
sitting motionless for over a year. Assuming this to be the case, anyone
have any ideas on how to break her free without having to drop the
tranny? I already tried the old trick of starting the car in first gear
and running her up and down the street, rapidly accelerating/decelerating
in jerks both with the clutch in and out - didn't work. I'm wondering
what kind of clutch access you have (if any) if you take the starter
motor out - anyone who had their starter out notice?
Assuming all of that doesn't work, how much of a bitch is it to drop the
tranny on a quattro? Sincere thanks to any and all replies, answers, or
sympathy...
Dan Bocek
dan@di.com