[Spridgets] Bad news via the left foot... (help!)

[GUY DAY]

David,
You know it's bad news, you just wanted to raise that faintest glimmer of 
hope that it isn't the hydraulics forcing the pedal up and down by a broken 
/ worn out clutch release bearing or broken cover plate.  In cases like this 
it is better having the news and shock early in the procedure.

Best of luck and I hope removing the engine/tranny goes well.....  Don't 
forget the ground strap(s), the choke cable, the throttle linkage, the fuel 
pipe and the tranny pouring oil out the tailshaft as you oik the lump out. 
(Sorry !)

Regards & sympathy,

Guy R Day


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Booker" <tncarnut1 at yahoo.com>
To: "spridget" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 11:52 PM
Subject: [Spridgets] Bad news via the left foot... (help!)


> Was out and about today in the Midget when I heard a strange noise. 
> Couldn't
> place it.  Not engine, not wheels, not suspension.  Then noticed some 
> movement
> in the clutch pedal - as in it lowered itself fractionally, then raised 
> back
> up again.  As I continued on (toward the house) It began to be apparent 
> that
> it was indeed something to do with the tranny or clutch as I eventually 
> began
> to hear a bit of dry metal rubbing sound when depressing the clutch.
>
> Throw-out bearing?  Other suggestions?  Any chance it will not involve
> removing the engine/tranny?
>
> David Booker
> '71 Midget
> Long Island
>
>
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