10-11-2018, 08:17 PM
Holy mazola!
heh, I can't believe I'm the one who may not have a car for this meet!
That's just embarrassing! 
I was encouraged by a thread about possible clutch fixes and posted on that. Then yesterday the clutch stopped working on my way to an audiology appointment. I got the car home, having to make three stop-starts. Yes, you can drive a car clutchless, but it's best to do it with a car you don't give a s41t about too much.
But this morning it's borked.
I removed the clutch assist spring thingy from the side of the pedal, then made up a spacer to go at the clutch end of the cable. But with the engine running I merely pushed the clutch lever a little by hand, there was a mini explosion/rattle snake attack in the transfer casing!!!
Too much rain to do anything else today and the decently priced parts shops aren't open on Sunday. AND I don't know where the hell my trolley jack has got to! fek
Should be dry tomorrow, so I'll empty the shed and see if it's there.
{edit before I've even posted it}
OMG I just looked through the clutch replacement guide thread, fek
https://www.306oc.co.uk/forum/showthread...ght=clutch and I can see where my garage guy is going to earn his money!!!! I've done this with one or two or three different cars in the past. I've changed engines, gear boxes and even skimmed my own cylinder heads in the past, but that looks so annoyingly annoying with all those little niggly bits that I know I'll screw up somewhere and throw stuff! 
I'll get the bus in on Monday and get quote from the man.
heh, I can't believe I'm the one who may not have a car for this meet!
That's just embarrassing! I was encouraged by a thread about possible clutch fixes and posted on that. Then yesterday the clutch stopped working on my way to an audiology appointment. I got the car home, having to make three stop-starts. Yes, you can drive a car clutchless, but it's best to do it with a car you don't give a s41t about too much.
But this morning it's borked.
I removed the clutch assist spring thingy from the side of the pedal, then made up a spacer to go at the clutch end of the cable. But with the engine running I merely pushed the clutch lever a little by hand, there was a mini explosion/rattle snake attack in the transfer casing!!!
Too much rain to do anything else today and the decently priced parts shops aren't open on Sunday. AND I don't know where the hell my trolley jack has got to! fek
Should be dry tomorrow, so I'll empty the shed and see if it's there.
{edit before I've even posted it}
OMG I just looked through the clutch replacement guide thread, fek
https://www.306oc.co.uk/forum/showthread...ght=clutch and I can see where my garage guy is going to earn his money!!!! I've done this with one or two or three different cars in the past. I've changed engines, gear boxes and even skimmed my own cylinder heads in the past, but that looks so annoyingly annoying with all those little niggly bits that I know I'll screw up somewhere and throw stuff! I'll get the bus in on Monday and get quote from the man.
WoW! That was cheap! 