Southernspeed Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 ...until 6.30 this morning when I put my foot on the clutch and BANG, pedal straight to the floor Now I have to get home lunchtime to meet the recovery truck to get it taken over to it's favourite second home, Abbey Motorsport Annoying thing is, engine is coming out in a month or two, couldn't wait 'til then could it! Had to be awkward and break today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James B Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 What you doing taking the engine out? Is it not worth leaving it at Abbey til your doing, well whatever, to your engine so you can do it all in one hit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasso Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Ouch £££££ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernspeed Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 What you doing taking the engine out? Is it not worth leaving it at Abbey til your doing, well whatever, to your engine so you can do it all in one hit? I'll see what Mark says. I doubt they need it hanging about and I don't want to be without a car that long. Engine is coming out because Mark has a box sailing across the sea with forged rods and pistons in and I have Ian's S/C in my garage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernspeed Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 Car got collected by Green Flag at 1 on the dot as arranged. Mark text me at 2 to say it had arrived safely, then text me again half hour later to say clutch hose had split and he had braided ones in stock. How's that for service! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbitstew Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Car got collected by Green Flag at 1 on the dot as arranged. Mark text me at 2 to say it had arrived safely, then text me again half hour later to say clutch hose had split and he had braided ones in stock. How's that for service! Thats not bad then! Cheaper than a new clutch. I had the same thing in my old golf. I was driving along and bang, clutch pedal to the floor. The actual pedal had snapped. I drove the 30mile home with no clutch. Dead easy when you know how by rev matching. Then had to get some replacement plastic bits for a few quid from VW and reweld the clutch pedal myself. All in all cost me pennys, but could have been an expensive job had the clutch actually went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacW Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 What you doing taking the engine out? Is it not worth leaving it at Abbey til your doing, well whatever, to your engine so you can do it all in one hit? I'll see what Mark says. I doubt they need it hanging about and I don't want to be without a car that long. Engine is coming out because Mark has a box sailing across the sea with forged rods and pistons in and I have Ian's S/C in my garage oooOOOooo.. when you get that done mate let me know so I can pop round and have a nose please I'm only round the corner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSet Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Car got collected by Green Flag at 1 on the dot as arranged. Mark text me at 2 to say it had arrived safely, then text me again half hour later to say clutch hose had split and he had braided ones in stock. How's that for service! Thats not bad then! Cheaper than a new clutch. I had the same thing in my old golf. I was driving along and bang, clutch pedal to the floor. The actual pedal had snapped. I drove the 30mile home with no clutch. Dead easy when you know how by rev matching. Then had to get some replacement plastic bits for a few quid from VW and reweld the clutch pedal myself. All in all cost me pennys, but could have been an expensive job had the clutch actually went. Something similar in my Lotus Europa, big bang, clutch straight to the floor, had to drive home about 35 miles without a clutch, quite easy in that particular car actually. Got it down to my mate's garage and it turned out that one of the engine mountings had snapped and the cable had simply popped out. A quick weld later and I was back on the road for a tenner Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernspeed Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 What you doing taking the engine out? Is it not worth leaving it at Abbey til your doing, well whatever, to your engine so you can do it all in one hit? I'll see what Mark says. I doubt they need it hanging about and I don't want to be without a car that long. Engine is coming out because Mark has a box sailing across the sea with forged rods and pistons in and I have Ian's S/C in my garage oooOOOooo.. when you get that done mate let me know so I can pop round and have a nose please I'm only round the corner. No definate date as yet, depends on Tony "Daddy" Abbey's engine building schedule but hopefully September some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff-r Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Car got collected by Green Flag at 1 on the dot as arranged. Mark text me at 2 to say it had arrived safely, then text me again half hour later to say clutch hose had split and he had braided ones in stock. How's that for service! Thats not bad then! Cheaper than a new clutch. I had the same thing in my old golf. I was driving along and bang, clutch pedal to the floor. The actual pedal had snapped. I drove the 30mile home with no clutch. Dead easy when you know how by rev matching. Then had to get some replacement plastic bits for a few quid from VW and reweld the clutch pedal myself. All in all cost me pennys, but could have been an expensive job had the clutch actually went. Have you got a fat left foot mate? It sounds pretty funny. How did you start and move it or was it already moving? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernspeed Posted August 6, 2011 Author Share Posted August 6, 2011 Well it wasn't so much a 'split' as the hose coming away from the end fitting due to it being so rotten and rusted. Quite worrying as brake hoses are made the same way! Could well be worth taking at look at your own clutch hoses. If the end fittings are a rust ball, new hose time ! Thanks again to Abbey for sorting it out so quickly and for fitting my new wheels and spacers (I'm getting SO lazy in my old age!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilp Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 Well it wasn't so much a 'split' as the hose coming away from the end fitting due to it being so rotten and rusted. Quite worrying as brake hoses are made the same way! Could well be worth taking at look at your own clutch hoses. If the end fittings are a rust ball, new hose time ! Thanks again to Abbey for sorting it out so quickly and for fitting my new wheels and spacers (I'm getting SO lazy in my old age!!) +1 i changed all my lines to braided but bear in mind that these need inspected regularly aswell as the last thing you want is a brake line bursting on you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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