<VV> 1963(4) Spyder 4 speed (transmission?)
Kerry and jan B
deaconone at teleweb.net
Thu Aug 7 18:38:23 EDT 2008
Hui Guys..
Well the car died today. bad.
I need help verifying the problem b/4 turning a wrench if possible.
Please bear with me when I attempt to describe whats happened it started
out..well weird.
Initially the first symptom was that at a traffic light, when letting
out the clutch to rock the car a bit (bad habit I know..) when the car
would move forward it would suddenly feel the the brakes came on, the
car would stop, then roll backwards, even on a flat surface. That was
minor though but it happened from time to time. The last two weeks the
car has been harder and harder to shift, to 2nd and 4th mostly but also
3rd. At times it is (was) hard to get it out of a gear. Had to double or
even triple clutch to get it into gear. Other times it was fine. Always
went into reverse ok.
Today it got to the point where I had a lot of trouble getting into gear
2,3,4) and even grinding somewhat. My first thought was that the clutch
was not releasing making the car hard to shift though if left in gear at
a light the car never 'creeped' at all. I parked the car, did my errands
and came out, put the car into gear. hard to do and the car rolled but
made the most god awful noise I have ever heard. and it felt like a
gear was slipping. First thought was differential, BUT, when I put the
car into neutral, it STILL makes the grinding sound when I let the
clutch out! _AND the car tries to move_! The car can only be pushed if
it's in neutral AND I hold the clutch in, otherwise something locks up.
So there you have it, my sad (very sad) story. What does the group
think? My thinking is something in the transmission has gone badly
wrong/broken. Does anyone have as clue, if it IS the transmission, what
went bad?
Kerry Borgne Spyder convertible
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