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Old 10th September 2009, 10:24 PM
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Default Got a case of the jerks due to the heat

I went for a long blat yesterday, beautiful day. drove from Penzance to Dartmoor, drove around the lanes for a few hours and drove home.

Really nice day, bit of a problem with the car though. I got what felt like MAJOR clutch judder, or possibly the prop broke a UJ, or the rear axle trying to escape. It made the car almost undriveable at low speeds.

After a thorough investigation, it turned out to be the heat in the engine bay had cooked the clutch cable - once everything cooled down, all was fine.

I have now rerouted the cable and it doesn't seem to have reoccured.

Moral of the story, keep your clutch cable well away from the exhaust manifold!
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