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On Sat, 2006-03-04 at 20:57, Rusty Rockers wrote: > 63 Notch, basically stock > > This morning I stepped on my clutch, heard a clunk and the pedal went to the > floor. The pedal does return but offers very little resistance and does not > seem to move the clutch arm far enough for me put the car in gear. I don't > see any indication that the cable has stretched. There is still a bend in > my Bowden tube (but it's held in a bent shape by a zap strap) and it doesn't > appear to have worn through anywhere. I've heard about welds braking along > the clutch tube.... Where can I look for this? I don't see anything > obviously wrong between the clutch arm and the point where the Bowden tube > reaches the body. If my problem is inside the tunnel and I have to start > cutting can anyone tell me where I should do this? > You just have a broken clutch cable. If it was a tube broken loose, the pedal would return, but wouldnt release the clutch completely. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~