Re: Shudder when letting out clutch in 1st

Posted by Donald Booth On 2015/1/8 19:02:28

Thanks for the response. The shuddering problem started at least 10-15 years ago, probably longer, but well before the clutch and differential were overhauled in the last two years.

The car has been in the family since it was new. I started driving it regularly in 1969, but little after 1973 and not at all for long periods of time (years) until the latest resuscitation effort began in 2010.

I should probably mention the car was rear ended in 1969. I have no recollection of the car having the shuddering problem after I got it back from the repair shop, but it's easy to believe the combination of residual damage from the accident and deterioration over time to the soft support points (as mentioned previously by others) could account, at least in part, for the shuddering problem today, 45 years later.