A funny thing.....

.....happened to the GTV this morning. When I got in the clutch pedal seemed
further away - my first instinct was to adjust the seat. In fact it was
partly depressed and attempts to engage reverse produced a graunching noise.
The gear lever wouldn't move at all into any other gear.

Eventually got it off the drive by turning off the engine, selecting reverse
and starting with the clutch pedal fully depressed. This got me into the
road but then I was stuck as I couldn't get into a forward gear. Got first
by again turning off the engine and putting it in gear - this at least got
me out of the middle of the road and back on the drive. Walked over to the
local garage, found they were closed and walked back - 20 minutes or so.
Tried the car again. This time the clutch pedal was OK. Gears selected OK
and I drove it around the block with no trouble.

Had to go out and was unable to try it again until late afternoon, by which
time the pedal seemed to have depressed again, though not as much as the
morning and not enough to prevent gear selection. Again drove it around for
a bit with no problem. Am going to try again tomorrow and take it for a
longer blast, but does anyone have an idea what might be happening?

It was bloody cold here this morning and my wife says it's pining for the
Italian sun.

JC

Bald eagle wrote:
> ....happened to the GTV this morning. When I got in the clutch pedal
> seemed further away - my first instinct was to adjust the seat. In
> fact it was partly depressed and attempts to engage reverse produced
> a graunching noise. The gear lever wouldn't move at all into any
> other gear.
> Eventually got it off the drive by turning off the engine, selecting
> reverse and starting with the clutch pedal fully depressed. This got
> me into the road but then I was stuck as I couldn't get into a
> forward gear. Got first by again turning off the engine and putting
> it in gear - this at least got me out of the middle of the road and
> back on the drive. Walked over to the local garage, found they were
> closed and walked back - 20 minutes or so. Tried the car again. This
> time the clutch pedal was OK. Gears selected OK and I drove it around
> the block with no trouble.
> Had to go out and was unable to try it again until late afternoon, by
> which time the pedal seemed to have depressed again, though not as
> much as the morning and not enough to prevent gear selection. Again
> drove it around for a bit with no problem. Am going to try again
> tomorrow and take it for a longer blast, but does anyone have an idea
> what might be happening?
> It was bloody cold here this morning and my wife says it's pining for
> the Italian sun.

Similar to what happened why my (147) slave cylinder was starting to die....
mine became 'spongy' a couple of random times, then was ok for a while,
before finally giving up the ghost 150 miles from home!