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Posted by: Mblizzard Mar 20 2014, 03:09 PM

Out for a drive in the sun. Top off. Zipping along. Shift gears. POP

Who wants to help fix a broken clutch tube?

Thank goodness I had a pair of vice grips in the car so I could get home.

Posted by: poorsche914 Mar 20 2014, 06:08 PM

I used a pair of vise grips on a broken clutch tube. Twenty years later it was still doing its job

Posted by: Spoke Mar 20 2014, 06:32 PM

This hardware store clamp and angle iron worked for about 8 years until I finally pulled the engine and fixed properly.



Here's the permanent repair with 2 layers of 14 ga steel.

Posted by: Mblizzard Mar 20 2014, 06:39 PM

Yep I am looking at a temp repair for a while. But will be doing it right at so,e point. You bringing the welder from PA?

Posted by: dlee6204 Mar 20 2014, 07:24 PM

If you bring it over the mountain to Asheville some weekend I could weld that up for ya.

Posted by: Mblizzard Mar 20 2014, 07:30 PM

May have to do that as my wife has so far been supportive but draws the line at me buying a welder. Ok so there are a few unexplained fires in my history but I don't think that they are relevant.

Posted by: JawjaPorsche Mar 20 2014, 07:33 PM

Your wife is wise, very wise!

Posted by: Mblizzard Mar 21 2014, 04:51 PM

My wife says welders are like pickup trucks. You don't need to own one all the time, but it is good to know some on who has a truck just in case.

Faulty logic if you ask me! I have always owned a pickup so I should have a welder also