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You were right! Almost $200 less than some of the competition. Thanks for the tip!
As for the cause of the problem...I didn't get any more feedback on the clutch lever movement, so I just have to presume that it is the throw out bearing problem. It kind of makes sense when you consider the instant appearance of the problem, the design of the bearing...and add to these things the fact that I jacked up the back, and started the car, and put it in first gear and could detect some faint rattling in the vicinity of the bell housing. I'm just going to tear into it...I have no choice.
I just wish that it had happened about 200 miles ago. It would have been cold and miserable, and I probably would have had it fixed by now. Now it's sunny and warm...and I miss the exhilaration of the acceleration!
Thanks again...Walt
As for the cause of the problem...I didn't get any more feedback on the clutch lever movement, so I just have to presume that it is the throw out bearing problem. It kind of makes sense when you consider the instant appearance of the problem, the design of the bearing...and add to these things the fact that I jacked up the back, and started the car, and put it in first gear and could detect some faint rattling in the vicinity of the bell housing. I'm just going to tear into it...I have no choice.
I just wish that it had happened about 200 miles ago. It would have been cold and miserable, and I probably would have had it fixed by now. Now it's sunny and warm...and I miss the exhilaration of the acceleration!
Thanks again...Walt
I removed the transmission on my '91 SE over the week end, and found no problems with the throw out bearing. However, what I did find is a transmission housing stuck to the engine like you wouldn't believe.
It took me about three hours to clear things away from the transmission for its removal, and another three to get it dislodged from the engine. What I found when I finally got it out was some serious rust on the splines on the transmission input shaft. I guess that I should be thankful that I don't have rear engine seal or front transmission seal problems...but I have never seen an input shaft as rusty and dry as this one. My theory is that the clutch disc became seized on the input shaft up against the flywheel, thus causing enough constant friction on the disc to cause the shifting problems,...and that the seized disc is what made the transmission removal so difficult.
I may be blind, but can't see where it could possibly be anything else. Anyone out there ever heard of such a thing? Or does anyone have a different explanation?
Perplexed...Walt
It took me about three hours to clear things away from the transmission for its removal, and another three to get it dislodged from the engine. What I found when I finally got it out was some serious rust on the splines on the transmission input shaft. I guess that I should be thankful that I don't have rear engine seal or front transmission seal problems...but I have never seen an input shaft as rusty and dry as this one. My theory is that the clutch disc became seized on the input shaft up against the flywheel, thus causing enough constant friction on the disc to cause the shifting problems,...and that the seized disc is what made the transmission removal so difficult.
I may be blind, but can't see where it could possibly be anything else. Anyone out there ever heard of such a thing? Or does anyone have a different explanation?
Perplexed...Walt
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