Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 12:16:35 GMT From: KeithG <noonenopsamhlink.net> Subject: Re: Cllutch Problems Again
C900, 9000, 9^3, 9^5? What age? KeithG Malcolm wrote: > Last August I made a trip of about 1400 miles to the Toronto, Canada > vicinity and while I was there three or four times the clutch pedal > went to the floor and did not coke back by itself. However when I > pulled it up it remained up and the cluch acted normall for sometime > and then the same thing repeated. I got back here, Baltimore, without > to much trouble and then the clutch finall gave in. You could not pull > thre pedal and have it act normally! All the cluch action was gone > > The result of that experience, so my repairer said, was that he rebult > the cluch almost completely because both maste and slve cylinders were > shot and the vcluch plate was saturated in hyraulic fluid. > > Today, in town the same thing occurred but on a much faster cycle. > Three times the pedal went to the floor and I pulled it on and every > thing was fine. This happened three times within twenty minutes and > then a few minutes klater it recrred and this time it would not > repond. > > The car was toed in but it was after closing so I had no one there to > examine ti. > > I f it is master cylinder I will be very annoyed, if it is slave, L am > going to explodeed . could somethig like this re- occur in 3 to 4 > > What could cause such a rapid failure. and without much warning. > > Comment or assistance would be greatly appreciate. > > Unfortunately I am scheduled to got to canada again on Thusday. It is > now thew wee hours of Wednesday morning and I will be at my repairers > early tomorrw. Can anyone make a suggestin. Estimate or guess a cause. > > The faster the better. > > Thanks again. > > Malcolm Mason