Wedge cuts out when clutch pedal down???
Wedge cuts out when clutch pedal down???
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blaineuk

2,615 posts

276 months

Thursday 21st September 2006
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change it for an automatic

GreenV8S

31,017 posts

313 months

Thursday 21st September 2006
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Sounds like an electrical problem to me. See if you have a voltage drop between the engine block and the battery earth.

I had a similar problem that turned out to be cause by the erk who installed my immobiliser. After I'd sorted out all the dry joints from wires just twisted together and taped over rolleyes I found it was still a bit intermittant, and eventually traced to the fact that the control unit was earthed to the steering column but that was only earthed indirectly, if memory serves it was via the rack and front suspension and up the brading on the brake hoses, and via th throttle cable. Neither of these made particularly good earths funnily enough and the unit kept resetting itself. Right as rain once I earthed the steering column (and remade all the dry joints).

leorest

2,346 posts

268 months

Thursday 21st September 2006
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Try wedging something under the clutch pedal, so it can't go all the way down, and then pushing the pedal with the same force that induces the fault. Should help point you in the direction of the fault.