General Collapsing clutch pedal ???

[grahamn]

Hi to one and all, I seem to have developed a problem with the clutch on my P reg 1.9td Ulysse. I have just returned from a trouble free (barring the weather)week caravanning in Norfolk.

Then a day after we got back I was changing gear from 2nd to 3rd and the clutch pedal made a weird sort of creaking noise and the pedal was suddenly flat to the floor. The car was then stuck in 2nd so I forced it into neutral and rolled to a stop.

I reached down expecting to find the cable snapped, but the pedal popped back up (under the power of the spring) and proceeded to work normally.

This 'collapse' of the clutch pedal is happening more and more often and is not dependant on speed, gear or the way the pedal is depressed. It almost feels like a mechanism designed to prevent cable damage but I cannot find any references to it in any Fiat literature.

Any help would be very much appreciated as I cannot seem to locate the problem

Many Thanks Grahamn

The clutch is apparently a mechanical self adjusting type with no pedal free play ???

 

[Pat H]

The clutch has a self adjuster that takes up the slack in the cable. Sounds like that is slipping.
Part of the cable I think.
You maybe able to jam it up as a temp fix but would lose the self adjusting benefit (not that it was ever used much in the old days)

 

[grahamn]

Hi there pat, many thanks for your response. Do you think a new cable assembly would be the way to go?

Cheers

Grahamn

 

[Pat H]

Not sure but I think it's part of the cable.

 

[reddevil]

hi i had the same problem on my 1999 1.9tds it used to happen once in a blue moon then it just got out of control its hairy when it happens i took the clutch cable out and noticed that ratchet was broke got new clutch cable at discountcarparts .com their is two different ones one is for a m/l gear box the other is a m/e gear box one is just longer than the other i bought both then sent the other one back that didnt fit hope this helps