Bald eagle wrote:
> ....happened to the GTV this morning. When I got in the clutch pedal
> seemed further away - my first instinct was to adjust the seat. In
> fact it was partly depressed and attempts to engage reverse produced
> a graunching noise. The gear lever wouldn't move at all into any
> other gear.
> Eventually got it off the drive by turning off the engine, selecting
> reverse and starting with the clutch pedal fully depressed. This got
> me into the road but then I was stuck as I couldn't get into a
> forward gear. Got first by again turning off the engine and putting
> it in gear - this at least got me out of the middle of the road and
> back on the drive. Walked over to the local garage, found they were
> closed and walked back - 20 minutes or so. Tried the car again. This
> time the clutch pedal was OK. Gears selected OK and I drove it around
> the block with no trouble.
> Had to go out and was unable to try it again until late afternoon, by
> which time the pedal seemed to have depressed again, though not as
> much as the morning and not enough to prevent gear selection. Again
> drove it around for a bit with no problem. Am going to try again
> tomorrow and take it for a longer blast, but does anyone have an idea
> what might be happening?
> It was bloody cold here this morning and my wife says it's pining for
> the Italian sun.
Similar to what happened why my (147) slave cylinder was starting to
die....
mine became 'spongy' a couple of random times, then was ok for a while,
before finally giving up the ghost 150 miles from home!
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