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Thanks for the info, I'll try to check the calbe again tommorow after work if weather prevails. --- The Canadian <cndt3@shaw.ca> wrote: > It sounds like the return spring on the cross shaft > is broken. If you grab > where the clutch cable goes through the shaft that > goes inside the trans > bellhousing it should be too stiff to move by hand. > If you can move it back > and forth then the spring on the shaft is most > likely broken. I can't > remember if this spring can be replaced with the > engine in. I'm sure others > on the list will know. If not you can jury-rig an > accelerator cable-style > return spring from the arm to the rear sheet metal > of your engine. If this > has happened it is also possible that the clutch > cable has become detached > form your pedal assembly from moving the pedal with > no resistance on the > cable. In this case you will have to remove the > pedal assembly but I'd try > to replace the spring before you remove the pedals. > > Andre > > > > > My clutch pedal has been laying on the floor > > (towards the back of the car) along with the brake > > since I got it due to a 3" diamiter hole > underneath it > > where the stop should be. I got back in and went > to > > pick the clutch back up and it was not there. It > had > > come to rest up against the fire wall, and can > move > > freely back and forth with no friction. > > Today I jacked it up and cwraled underneath > thinking > > that something I had backed over had gotten stuck > and > > broke the cable and found that the cable was not > > broken, > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | > mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com