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Re: [Spridgets] Weird clutch issue

Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Weird clutch issue
From: Jim Johnson <bmwwxman@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:22:25 -0500
Does the clutch work with a vacuum servo?

Cheers!!
Jim

On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 8:21 PM, Frank <spritenut@comcast.net> wrote:

> Not a Sprite but a VW Jetta.
> Not try to follow this.......
> 2003 Jetta, 60,000 miles, the clutch was acting up so the kid put a new
> slave cylinder on it.
> No change.
> It works fine up to 3000 rpms then the clutch slips to where the car will
> not move and there is no hydralic pressure on the peddal.
> Slow down the revs and the pressure comes back, the car drives fine, shifts
> fine until you hit 3000 rpms again and I watched as the clutch pedal went
to
> the floor just as this happened. It went to the floor all by itself.
> Hitler's revenge?
> The kid, my son, all his VW buddies, and myself are totally confused.
> There was no slipping of the clutch at slow speeds, but what the hell makes
> the pressure go away, or should I say what makes the pedal go down all by
> itself?
> It's so bad the car can not be driven unless you you shift at 2900 rpms and
> it will go thru all 5 gears but rev it up and zoom zoom whizzzzzzzzzz.
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> My own Fleet of Sprites
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Jim
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