[T3] Update on my early Notch in the Shop!!! Early notch issues?

William McInerney billymac53 at msn.com
Mon Dec 20 19:26:51 PST 2010


I actually have two legs. My left leg is the strong one that my brain likes to operate correctly. My right leg is very weak and I cannot move my ankle left or right or wiggle my toes based on how tight my muscles are and I was never able to pivot my heel on the floor to control the gas pedal pressure and switch to brake. So, I aways drove automatics with my left foot. After I broke my right hip, the surgeon had to take two inches out of my femur to make the repair. After the surgery, I am now able to control the gas pedal pressure and hold it steady with my right foot and I control the clutch with my strong left leg/foot. I have a slight problem when it comes to hitting the brake in the Type 3 as I have to actually lift my right foot off the gas and reposition onto the brake pedal....not just pivot and keep my heel on the ground as you would. Because I do this my right heel ends up in the air when I press the brake(because of how the brake differs with modern cars that are coming from up top and not the floor), and because the way my muscles are....my right leg starts to spasm, until I shimmy my foot down the pedal to where my heel touches the ground. If I could maybe put an angled block on the break pedal to make the brake action downward instead of horizontal, maybe I could negate the spasms as my heel would reach the ground by default instead of me forcing it there after I have stopped the car.
 
Glad to clear up the confusion. I am open to any idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:55:08 -0800
> From: fisherfarms at gmail.com
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] Update on my early Notch in the Shop!!! Early notch issues?
> 
> I still don't understand how you operate 3 pedals with 1 leg? Do you
> have a hand brake or clutch or throttle?
> 
> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 6:42 PM, William McInerney <billymac53 at msn.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yeah....sometimes if I accidently give it too much gas taking off in first there will be a very violent boom boom boom boom, which I don't know if the clutch conduit sag would cause....would it? Or is this a totally different symptom of something else? Or is this supposed to happen when you accidently give it too gas while taking off in first. I am prone to do that as sometimes my foot slips for a second.
> >
> >
> >> From: dave at hallvw.clara.co.uk
> >> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> >> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 01:46:40 +0000
> >> Subject: Re: [T3] Update on my early Notch in the Shop!!! Early notch issues?
> >>
> >> It certainly could be clutch judder - see if the clutch conduit (Bowden
> >> outer) has the correct sag on it. Sometimes the cable support bracket to
> >> the transmission can be cracked and you lose the sag, which makes the back
> >> end shake just as you've described.
> >>
> >> Dave.
> >> UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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> >> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of C.
> >> Rochambeau
> >> Sent: 20 December 2010 23:51
> >> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> >> Subject: Re: [T3] Update on my early Notch in the Shop!!! Early notch
> >> issues?
> >>
> >> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 3:29 PM, William McInerney
> >> <billymac53 at msn.com>wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> > the whole backend would shake and make a KA-KA-KA-KA slam sound for
> >> > a about 3 seconds until I steaded the gas.
> >>
> >>
> >> Sounds like clutch stutter, my fastback does this on occasion if I'm less
> >> than graceful with the pedals. I think mine is rooted in a mild main bearing
> >> seal leak that I'm waiting on warmer temperatures to address..
> >>
> >> Curtis
> >>
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