<VV> 65 clutch cable - temporary fix

[Ray Rodriguez]

     I almost always manage to get home.  I would try to have a friend help 
push start the car  (instructions that may work below) in probably third, 
maybe second gear, then just leave it in that gear for the ride home.

     Being young and impatient myself  I would also probably try to float 
the gears and shift up to make the ride quicker but I have an advantage 
there because I'm an ex-trucker and used to driving an unsynchronized 
tranny.  About 6 months into being a tractor trailer driver I hardly ever 
used the clutch to shift anymore.

     Getting started may be tricky (and maybe near impossible) but this is 
what I would try.  I believe It worked for me once quite a few years back in 
my 68' Vette.

Put the car in neutral and get it rolling as fast as possible.

Apply pressure to the shifter (try gently if possible, push harder if 
absolutely neccesary) in fourth or third gear.  Push starting is much more 
effective in higher gears then in 1st.

If the car really doesnt want to go into the gear you have selected try 
others. One of them will probably slip in with relative ease.


     I hope this reaches you in time,

Ray Rodriguez
CORSA
66 500 coupe/pg
65 Corsa 140/4


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "email.ca" <email.ca at gmail.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 1:57 AM
Subject: <VV> 65 clutch cable - temporary fix


The clutch cable snapped at the linkage under the dash, the 65 monza coupe
is now sitting at a supermarket about a mile away. Is it possible to start
it in 1st gear and drive it home slowly (maybe jamming it into 2nd gear once
and keeping it there until I get home), so that the car doesn't get towed
tomorrow?

-T
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