Guys, Ok there the story (i tend to write them long-winded sorry):
L24 died, brought L28 (supercharged but thats a different issue). Got a clutch with the L28 took it to local clutch place. "yes sir pressure plate is fine, you'll need a new friction plate". Brought new friction plate. Assembled engine/clutch, notes: didn't clean my hands before putting on the clutch so there might be a smear of grease (very light smear) on the flywheels side, and also had a bit of difficulty getting the engine onto g-box (as you do) so the engine ended up being partially supported by the g/box for like a couple of seconds. Anyway, finally put the whole thing together and kicked it into life, loud as hell coz no exhaust and heres the punch line: The clutch it working backwards!! If you don't have your foot on the clutch you can change gears and put it fully into gear etc etc. and if its in gear when you put your foot on the clutch the car starts to move! Ie the clutch starts to but doesn't fully engage while PUSHING ON THE CLUTCH! So my question is: What the hell have i done?! How is this possible?!?! The clutch place said it might be the spline in the middle of the friction place (brand new) has been bent by the weight of the engine and the friction plate is now sitting crocked or something? I dunno.. it just doesn't seem possible to me. Oh and the actuator arm moves correctly and everything and i checked its pointed on the pivot point correctly before assembly. Any clues guys? I imagine i'll be pulling the engine out.. again.. grrrrrrrr... Thanks, Dave --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
