Tightmopedman9 Posted January 30, 2017 Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 '98 V70R with a M66C, Sachs 707 pressure plate and ACT full face organic clutch. Over 10k miles without a problem, then one day the clutch pedal no longer seems to disengage the clutch, despite no change in pedal feel. I bled the clutch, no bubbles, and no change in clutch behaviour. I checked the slave cylinder and found the bolts loose, tightened them and still no change. Then a few days later, it started working perfectly again. Fast forward 3 months and the same problem has come back. Car was sitting for a month, first start up and backing out of the garage was fine. Then suddenly, the clutch stopped working again. I found that I could get into gear if I depressed the pedal only about 1/4 of the way. I made up a very ghetto stop to see if maybe just altering the maximal pedal travel would fix the problem. I drove it around the block with the stop and all seemed fine until I took it back into the shop and worked on it for an hour. Now the clutch won't work no matter what I do. At first I thought that maybe the flywheel to pressure plate bolts had come loose, but I would think that wouldn't be an intermittent problem. If the slave cylinder was leaking down then it wouldn't make sense that the pedal is working at 1/4 depression instead of full. Just for clarification, the clutch pedal is not disengaging the clutch. When I press on the pedal and the car is running I can not get into gear. If I start the car with my foot on the pedal and in gear the car will start moving immediately and acts as if the clutch pedal was halfway engaged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdog Posted January 30, 2017 Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 Hate to say it but sounds like the PP is failing, barring any other weirdness.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tightmopedman9 Posted January 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 That's what I was thinking from the beginning, problem is, if I I spent the PP the engine is coming out, and if the engine is coming out then I'm putting on a new head, cams, intake and exhaust manifold; something I wanted to put off for a few more months. In another bit of oddness, I had to back the car out of the shop, so I started it in reverse and after about 50' with my foot on the clutch, I was able to take it out of reverse and put it into 1st without a problem. Then I wasn't able to pull it out of first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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