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GeneralDisorder Off to get a stronger light, it's the wife's car I hope to sort this out soon! thanks mz

manxsta Not sure about age of the pressure plate but the clutch was working fine that's why I think it's something easy resulting from the cable breakage. At this point my questions are: 1. Sould the release fork have some resistance to movement from inside the clutch assembly when I try to move it by hand? 2. Why am I not able to release the clutch by moving the release fork to the correct position?

GLCraigGT Yes the cable is routed like the old one and the hillholder is still connected. In fact, I thought the spring on the hill holder was the return spring! I now see that I am actually missing the return spring that should be at the top of the release fork. That should take care of the pedal returning to the up position. But, I still think there is a problem, the release fork doesn't seem to be under any pressure, I can more or less move it back and forth. Shouldn't there be some resistance? I started the motor and pushed in the clutch to see if it would go into gear but no luck. It's hard to tell for sure but I took the boot off the fork and it looks like the bearing holder is still on the end of the fork inside the housing. I'm trying to avoid pulling the tranny, any other ideas as to what the heck is goin on?

... clutch pedal that is. Nice to meet you all this is my first post and unfortunately it's to do with a problem. The clutch cable broke on my 85 GL 1.8 wagon at the clutch fork end. Seemed like a straightforward repair. But, after putting it back together with a new cable the pedal is not returning properly after being pushed to the floor. It's acting like the return spring is not strong enough but it did the job before the cable broke. I've lubed the cable and checked that it's not kinked, and have made adjustments so that it all looks right. Is there something else I should be looking at? Thanks in advance for your help!