06-21-2006, 06:04 PM
Took the cover off my '94 Cab today for her semi-weekly keep-the-moving-parts-moving run. (I've been bicycle commuting since taking the Bar Exam, and saving my pennies towards the overhaul the '68 desperately needs.) Weird thing with the clutch... (I should say the car has almost 94,000 miles and the original clutch.)
The pedal was lower than I remember it being, about an inch and a half closer to the firewall than the brake pedal next to it. Should they be about the same height?
Also, when it was cold, it was *sensitive*. Rapidly engaging, with less than half the travel I remember it having. If you weren't directly "on" with your application of gas, you'd stall out, like the friction zone was binary instead of analog -- off or on, nothing in between.
As I drove her, the clutch operation became more like what I was used to, but the pedal is still low. Everything else seems to be fine, hill starts (westbound Olympic stopped alongside the hospital, etc) were normal, nothing is amiss when driving.
Is there an adjustment I should be looking at? Might the system need bleeding? Is it just that clutch's time? (I also have a '95 Jeep Wranger, with the torquey 190HP 200+ ft lbs 4.0L straight six, which, with ~91,000 is also on its original clutch, though I did manage to completely wear out the clutch on my 140,000-mile '89 Wrangler 4.2L six, while I was using it as a chinese food delivery vehicle in high school. The Porsche doesn't feel like a clutch gone bad, but, it's not an American truck, so what do I know... <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/smile.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> )
Thanks all!
The pedal was lower than I remember it being, about an inch and a half closer to the firewall than the brake pedal next to it. Should they be about the same height?
Also, when it was cold, it was *sensitive*. Rapidly engaging, with less than half the travel I remember it having. If you weren't directly "on" with your application of gas, you'd stall out, like the friction zone was binary instead of analog -- off or on, nothing in between.
As I drove her, the clutch operation became more like what I was used to, but the pedal is still low. Everything else seems to be fine, hill starts (westbound Olympic stopped alongside the hospital, etc) were normal, nothing is amiss when driving.
Is there an adjustment I should be looking at? Might the system need bleeding? Is it just that clutch's time? (I also have a '95 Jeep Wranger, with the torquey 190HP 200+ ft lbs 4.0L straight six, which, with ~91,000 is also on its original clutch, though I did manage to completely wear out the clutch on my 140,000-mile '89 Wrangler 4.2L six, while I was using it as a chinese food delivery vehicle in high school. The Porsche doesn't feel like a clutch gone bad, but, it's not an American truck, so what do I know... <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/smile.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> )
Thanks all!
