GTV-6 TA: pop goes the..??? Part II

[Mark Kingsbury <cubrr@domain.elided>]

Hey Folks,

    First let me thank those who responded to my original plea for help.
Unfortunately, it does not seem to be the cheap and easy problem of a
clutch disc frozen to the pressure plate.  I tried starting it in gear
with the clutch disengaged, but to no avail.
    Next, I got under the car and looked at the pivot pin to see if it
was broken. Well, so much for the inexpensive and relatively easy
solution:  the pin appears intact, and after having someone opertate the
clutch whilst I peered into the tranny through the hole for the fork,
everthing appears to be working as intended, yet I still cannot engage a
gear.
    So, any ideas?  A friend of mine speculates that the pressure plate
springs have collapsed, which would definitely put me into the costly
and mildly troublesome catagory.  I plan to do some exploratory surgery
by taking off the clutch housing and seeing what's up.  Fortunately,
I've heard this is an easy operation, I just need to study up on the Car
Disc.  Does anyone know how far the plunger on the slave cylinder should
be moving?  Mine's at least 1 1/2"  I would think this is enough. Any
thoughts are appreciated.

Mark Kingsbury
Gainesville, GA

The "A" List:

Mine -- 84 GTV-6 Maratona
~ROMAN RACING~ 82 Spider ITB
Wife's -- 98.5 Audi A4 QMS
Dog's -- 90 Acura Integra

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