[tcb] Re: No Havasu
- From: "Gerald V. Livingston II" <gvl2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 19:20:11 -0600 (Central Standard Time)
Someone else suggested input shaft bearing on the way out.
G2
On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 19:01:19 -0600 Dan Martin <danandkatrinamartin@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
> The only heat related trans problem I have ever heard of were from
> low gear oil..............
>
> On Jan 9, 2006, at 6:54 PM, Gerald V. Livingston II wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 13:51:15 -0600 Dan Martin
> > <danandkatrinamartin@xxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Sorry to hear about the clutch problem.
> >> Do you have a spare cable?
> >> Could just be stretched. (did you install a new heavy clutch with the
> >> raby motor?)
> >
> > Cable new and looks good. No heavy duty clutch. (and there's under
> > 1000
> > miles on the motor since startup) (and yes, I carry a clutch and accel
> > cable)
> >
> >> Did you get the idle straightened out?
> >
> > Not really. It still wants to "hunt" after it warms up if you let
> > it drop
> > to idle. I think it may be a sticky cable/linkage.
> >
> >> That windshield could wait until the return trip?
> >
> > No.
> >
> >> We will be glad to have you at the beach!
> >
> > Plan to bethere anyway. Can do that one with a 7/7 swap.
> >
> > Here's the text I posted to a couple of those forum things (I
> > thought Forum
> > was PentHouse, not VW?).
> >
> > Every time I repost this I came a bit closer to just towing it. The
> > towbar
> > is aleady hooked up. I'm about to hit the hay in a few minutes as I
> > have my
> > alarm set for 2am so I can get to Killeen at a decent time in the
> > morning.
> > Should be done there before 10 AM and once I'm there I'm already 6
> > hours
> > closer to Havasu. When towing I don't normally leave HOME until
> > about 6pm
> > Tuesday and arrive Thursday afternoon/night. I could even still do the
> > "backroads trip".
> >
> > The better stereo is in the bus though <sigh>.
> >
> > [text reposted from forums]
> >
> > Just got back here. Boss at least thought to grab my tow bar so we
> > could
> > drag the Rivi back here without me having to make another 100 mile
> > trip in
> > my truck (home is 59 miles from work where I have my VW's garaged).
> >
> > Clutch cable brand new and shiny clean.
> >
> > Seems to be heat related though. It started "grabbing" a little
> > after about
> > 40 or 50 miles of driving but it did that some last week on the
> > "break in"
> > trip of 350 miles each way. It would release most of the time and
> > when it
> > didn't, it wasn't a full blown "stuck in gear no clutch", more like a
> > "reluctant to let go". I thought I just needed another 1/4 turn or
> > so on
> > the wing nut.
> >
> > As I said, it started grabbing a bit after 40 or 50 miles today. I
> > stopped
> > by my house to make sure the cats were loaded up for me being gone
> > 10 days
> > and noticed it a bit at some of the stop signs.
> >
> > I have no idea how much further along the highway it decided to REALLY
> > refuse to let go. All I know is I had gone another 100 miles when I
> > decided
> > I wanted to refuel.
> >
> > I coaxed it back to the house and called the boss to come get me
> > when he
> > could. I fiddled with tightening the wing nut as far as it would
> > go. Still
> > not releasing. Clutch in, shifter in 1st, buck and jump when I turn
> > the
> > key.
> >
> > Boss called and said he had my towbar so I kicked the Rivi real
> > hard then
> > made it complain as I coaxed it back and forth in 1st and reverse
> > to get it
> > pointed back out the driveway.
> >
> > Then I went and watched Television while I waited (and remembered
> > all over
> > again why I don't watch TV in the first place).
> >
> > He arrived, we hooked up, we towed back here. We unhooked the
> > towbar, I got
> > in - put it in 1st - turned the key... smooth as butter.
> >
> > So, either something rattled loose during the tow, or it's heat soak
> > related and cleared as it cooled.
> >
> > Ideas?
> >
> > G2
> >
> >
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