Re: [VWoT] My Tranny is fucked need help!

[the mad bastard <the_questionist@yahoo.com>]

i was under the impression that the dowels permitted you to only put the clutch in one way?

jason
tmb

--- Jojo <smallmac@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Did you line up the dowels correctly? My bro's clutch lasted a day cuz he put the flywheel on
> wrong.
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Marshall Thomson 
>   To: list@vwot.org 
>   Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 7:33 PM
>   Subject: RE: [VWoT] My Tranny is fucked need help!
> 
> 
>   new plate, new clutch, new release bearing
>   I'm thinking the plate the presses against the P=plate fingers was not spinning at the same
> speed as the P-plate
> 
>   Marsh
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: owner-vwot@vwot.org [mailto:owner-vwot@vwot.org]On Behalf Of Jojo
>     Sent: July 11, 2002 6:56 PM
>     To: list@vwot.org
>     Subject: Re: [VWoT] My Tranny is fucked need help!
> 
> 
>     If the pressure plate is used it could have lost its retention like mine did. Just a
> thought.
>       ----- Original Message ----- 
>       From: Marshall Thomson 
>       To: list@vwot.org 
>       Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 6:57 PM
>       Subject: [VWoT] My Tranny is fucked need help!
> 
> 
>       well just got a tow home from about 1km from my house.
> 
>       Umm here's the scoop
>       I bought this tranny off a guy from Gulph ;-)
> 
>       Finally get it in my car 7 months later and it didn't sound healthy after
>       the second time I had the car running in the driveway,,, would make this
>       metal whirly noise, I'd but the clutch in and it would stop that solution
>       only lasted about a day of farting in the driveway...
> 
>       So today was my cars first day on the road...
>       The car pulls great! but...
>       Getting in to 1st and reverse was always a bitch.
>       and luckily I was only driving 15 mins away to get my windshield glued back
>       in, and was on my way home when things when really bad. (stopped traffic
>       twice)
> 
>       So now Its like the clutch will not release, no matter how I adjust the
>       cable, still pulls fine managed to start it well in first and drive to the
>       next intersection where a phone was a hop away and I could pull off in to
>       the bus stop.
> 
>       So what the fuck didn't I do right when assembling the engine/tranny to
>       cause this clutch problem???
>       -clutch wont release
>       -still feel some pressure on the clutch pedal
>       -have a spare tranny but I love the gearing on the AGS
>       -AGS = 210mm clutch correct? (If I had the wrong one wouldnt I just machine
>       the spindle on the tranny and go no where)
> 
>       And can one of the experienced tranny replacers post the instructions on a
>       drive way tranny swap please.
> 
>       Hope someone can help me out, well I make my self dinner.
>       Marsh
> 
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