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fiat22turbo · Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 4040 Location: Portland, OR

Clutch arm is jammed. push on the clutch and it doesn't return. Thought the cable end broke at first, but the cable came off the end of the pedal because the cable went slack.

So either the bearing is stuck on the guide tube or the PP is broken. Either way, time to pull it apart and fix it. Thanks to Rasta, I've got a new clutch kit to pick up tomorrow.

First to finish some work and then hit Happy Hour with the wife, I figure I owe her that much after rescuing me on her day off and letting me use her AAA. I don't think the tow truck driver believed it was her car though

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Stefan
1979 924 Carrera GTS (clone-ish)
1988 944 Turbo S (Silver Rose)

txjake · Joined: 17 Feb 2007 Posts: 395 Location: Oklahoma City OK

That's a beautiful car....
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1978 924, aka The Red Rocker

fiat22turbo · Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 4040 Location: Portland, OR

Khal · Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 1:33 pm Post subject:

I've had One Of Those Days twice in one day(ish)!

Started the night before right next to the Surrey train station car park (lucky me, train home). Continued halfway home the next day, opposite a Safeway car park (same deal as yours, flatbed to the workshop).

Cooked alternator, so it turns out.

Still, you're sorting out the bugs...
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'80 924 Turbo

nickthompson · Joined: 26 Mar 2013 Posts: 873 Location: Central Georgia

That is a verh good looking car.

morghen · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 9082 Location: Romania

Brian L. · Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:21 am Post subject: Clutch problems

Had a chance to diagnose you clutch dilemma?
This isn't your problem but I thought I would pass it along in case it just might help save somebody some grief. When I bought my car it had a clutch problem that the owner couldn't figure out. The clutch pedal was just real hard to operate. It was REAL stiff and couldn't even push it all the way to the floor. The P.O. said he had just put a new clutch and pressure plate in but that still didn't fix the problem. Well at least that drove the price down. I drove it for a couple of days just to have a little fun with the new toy and then decided to get serious and get it fixed. So I decided not to believe a word the P.O. told me and start from scratch. I bought a new pressure plate and clutch and throw out bearing and pilot bushing (it was cheap back then!) and then parked it in the garage and pulled it all apart. Quite the learning experience, not at all like my F-100 or my Opel GT! When I looked at the clutch and PP the P.O. was telling the truth it all looked very new. So much better to find an obvious problem. Well I decided to install my new Beck Arnley parts since I know they are good quality. Put it all back together and same problem! So here I am stumped like the P.O. I thought maybe it was in the pedal assy. I disconnected the cable rom the bell housing and operated the clutch pedal and it was smooth as silk. A visual inspection under the dash revealed a broken spot weld on a support bracket for the pedal from the extra stress on the clutch pedal but the rest was intact looked like a result of the problem and not the problem itself. When I first took everything apart I inspected the disconnected clutch cable and it operated smoothly in and out. So I went to hook the cable up again but I decided lube the cable up first, a good preventative measure that I always practice on any of my motorcycles when I would disconnect a throttle, brake or clutch cable. After hooking the cable up, wow a 95% improvement! The cable when removed would slide by hand no problem but put it under a load with a bend it wouldn't hardly move. Although the cable looked in excellent condition it must have been frayed on the inside. I picked up a new cable and rewelded and beeked up bracket on the pedal assyembly and good as new. All that for just a stupid sticky clutch cable.
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1980 924 N.A. Monaco Blue owned since 1987
"Remember, sitting on your ass won't finish your project" -Puddins fab shop.

fiat22turbo · Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 4040 Location: Portland, OR

Yeah, the cable arm slipped on the shaft. Sucks to find that after pulling the engine out, but it gives me a chance to do some maintenance and improvements (ceramic coating the header after melting two front control arm bushings, checking the wiring, etc.)

I'm hoping that cleaning up the shaft and the arm and very carefully applying more torques to the pinch bolt will result in the arm staying put. It's a stupid design, other companies design similar solutions to actually spline the arm to the shaft.

One of the hood catch welds broke, so I'll have to repair that as well. Probably see if Rasta still has his for his race car as this one has been a bit flaky anyway.

Notice my trigger wheel sensor mount is t quite stout enough and might be contributing to some of the funny readings I've seen running at higher RPMs. Probably add some aluminum angle to help stiffen the mount slightly.

Waiting for the weather to get warm enough to finish some of the fiberglass projects I've been working on as well as the body work, etc.

Anyway, fun stuff trying to diagnose and repair the various odd issues we find on cars, eh? Looking forward to seeing the Monaco Blue rig at the Historics in June

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Stefan
1979 924 Carrera GTS (clone-ish)
1988 944 Turbo S (Silver Rose)

Duncan · Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 6:33 am Post subject: Re: Clutch problems

fiat22turbo · Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 4040 Location: Portland, OR

Oh and while I'm waiting for the header to come back from Finish Line Coatings:

I started mocking up the parts I'll need to use the BAE turbo manifold. Shouldn't be too bad other than the exhaust routing after the turbo.
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Stefan
1979 924 Carrera GTS (clone-ish)
1988 944 Turbo S (Silver Rose)

Brian L. · Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 8:55 am Post subject: Clutch cable

Hi Duncan. I can't remember exactly but is wa probably some gear or motor oil. I probably wouldn't have done that except for trying to track down the problem. Like with my motorcycles I cut the cornner of a plastic bag, put the end of the cable in and wrap tight with tape and use the bag as a funnel.
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1980 924 N.A. Monaco Blue owned since 1987
"Remember, sitting on your ass won't finish your project" -Puddins fab shop.

Brian L. · Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 9:07 am Post subject: Turbo!

Hi Stefan. Is that a turbo on a N/A engine? Interesting! Will be neat to see your car in person. Willl never forget your write up about your adventure of buying the car in Seattle then trying to make it home to Portland! I think Kahl can relate!

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1980 924 N.A. Monaco Blue owned since 1987
"Remember, sitting on your ass won't finish your project" -Puddins fab shop.