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Subject:Re: Clutch weirdness 84 standard trans ?
From:Benny boy
Date:Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:57:35 -0500

I have seen strange clutch stuff in the pass few years, even some crazy
stuff here in Mexico. One thing that no one as stated (i think) is a
pressure plate failure. They go out strangly sometime.

Ben

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:33:25 -0800, dhanson@gorge.net <dhanson@GORGE.NET> wrote:

>  Hello all,
>  I've twice recently experienced "soft pedal" on my clutch, once it just
felt 'weak' but I didn't
>have any problems shifting or starting out.  Once, the clutch was not doing
it's thing
>properly..Then, after a few minutes of downtime..a trip into a store or a
few minutes on the
>computer in the parking lot and it goes back to perfect operation..What the
--?  I have fresh brake
>fluid..a month or two old.  I have the proper level.  My brake master
cylinder is relativly new and
>when that was replaced, I bled the clutch slave properly.  The clutch has
been good since that brake
>MC replacment(about 6000 miles ago)..no problems except at odd times, this
weird "air in the clutch
>cylinder' behavior that soon goes away again.
>  Is it time to replace THAT now?  Why the intermittent missbehavior?
>  Thanks in advance...
>  Don Hanson