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"Pooh Bear" > wrote in message ... > If you fancy a real test of ability try driving a car with a non-functioning clutch ! It's > do-able ( just ). I've had several cars that were very easy to shift without using the clutch ('78 Ford Fiesta, Mark III Sprite, Jensen-Healey, Audi Coupe). And one that was impossible for me to shift without the clutch (Plymouth Reliant). Guess which one I had to drive 130 miles without a functioning clutch? While attending a wedding in Petersburg Virginia, the clutch cable in my practically new Plymouth Reliant broke. I could easily crank the car off in first with the strater, but no amount of practice ever let me shift it into another gear once it was moving. Fortunately I was staying in a Motel that was almost directly on a long downhill ramp to I-85 South. When the time came to head home (on a Sunday), I moved the car to the top of the ramp in first, made sure it was warmed up, and cut it off. Then I placed the transmission in fourth gear and with a couple of freinds pushing (and laughing) I cranked the starter with the car pointed downhill. The car fired up and I chugged down the ramp gaining speed. I easily merged with traffic. I managed to drive around 125 miles without needing to stop. On the outskirts of Raleigh I came to light that had just turned yellow. The car in front of me decided he needed to stop. I passed him on the shoulder and got through the intersection. About 1 mile from my goal (the Plymouth dealer), I got caught at an intersection where I had to stop and I killed the engine. I placed the car in second gear and cranked it off to make the final mile. The car had a damn good starter. Too bad the rest was crap (but nice driving crap). In the 11 months that I owned the car I think I visted the dealer 12 times. They had a great shop. They fixed everything right the first time and I never had the same thing break twice. But I got tired of having new things break every month. Too bad, it was a comfortable and fuel efficient car. Ed |
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Pooh Bear > wrote: > >If you fancy a real test of ability try driving a car with a non-functioning clutch ! It's >do-able ( just ). I started on Jeep with synchromesh. Never, ever, got it into reverse! Fortunately, I moved on to cars in a few weeks. -- Surendar Jeyadev The 1 in the email address is fake |
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Surendar Jeyadev wrote: > In article >, > Pooh Bear > wrote: > > > >If you fancy a real test of ability try driving a car with a non-functioning clutch ! It's > >do-able ( just ). > > I started on Jeep with synchromesh. Never, ever, got it into reverse! > Fortunately, I moved on to cars in a few weeks. In a vehicle with a balky reverse - let the car come to a full stop in a forward gear (clutch disengaged) before putting it into neutral. This will stop all the gears/shafts inside the tranny. If you can't get it into reverse then, let the clutch slip ever so slightly to move the input shaft around a little, as soon as the gears line up it will drop right in. This method has never failed me even with the balkiest of transmissions. Now what is difficult is shifting an old column-shift three speed into second when the linkage is all worn and sloppy (I can tell you a trick to make that easy too, if anyone cares <G>) nate |
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