Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 11:51:31 -0400 From: Gemini Jackson <gjnospamail.com> Subject: Re: Clutch finally went...
On Wed, 25 May 2005 08:18:10 -0400, Gemini Jackson <gjnospamail.com> wrote: >On Wed, 25 May 2005 08:09:18 -0400, Malt_Hound ><Malt_Houndnospamm*yahoo.com> wrote: > >>Gemini Jackson wrote: >>> On Tue, 24 May 2005 00:13:46 +0100, "Charles C." On Tue, 24 May 2005 >>> 00:13:46 +0100, in alt.autos.saab you wrote: >> >>>>with engine running >>>>Handbrake (emergency or parking brake) on >>>>Put the car in top gear (5th) >>>> >>>>Release clutch pedal slowly. If engine runs you need a new clutch. If >>>>engine stalls then the problem is elsewhere (eg. hydraulics). >>> >>> >>> The engine does not 'rev', and does go dead once clutch is released. >>> Is this an absolute indicator of a hydraulic problem and not the >>> clutch? >> >>Yes. >> >>Are you certain that you even have a hydraulic clutch? As I mentioned >>in another reply, the '97s had cable actuated clutches. Hydraulic >>clutch was a '98 addition. Ok, so much for that over-the-phone analysis from a *friend*, it does indeed have the cables, which are being ordered as we speak. Aparently they're self adjusting and have to be replaced. ~GJ~
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