P Reg Ford Fiesta

The automatic clutch cable adjuster's jumping, just change it (for an inordinate amount of swearing upside down just)

thanks for your help Duncan, will get onto this bloke now and see what he says..

What other problems have you had? they may be related. What exact model and engine type and size?

Depending on the exact model/engine means there are two sorts of clutch operation.: either hydraulic or mechanical.

Was the fault that suddenly the clutch pedal could slam to the floor with little resistance, possibly with a crunchy noise first? If so then the auto adjuster in the mechanical cable system needs to be replaced (a very common fault).

if your fiesta has a hydraulically operated clutch, it may be that there is a leak (if so then it must have been topped up again to start working again) or there is a fault with the master cylinder, slave cylinder fault is possible but less likely.

get a mechanic to drive it for a while, that is what I would do, if it came to me for repair.

Mrcheerful

Thats what the garage are supposed to be doing, driving it around to see if they can spot the fault, what i'm not so sure about tho is that this guy is supposed to have completely replaced the clutch i.e by taking the gears out (i think), but i would have thought that if this had been done then there wouldn't be any problems...???

the clutch release mechanism and the clutch are separate bits, replacing one does not fix the other, in fact it may accelerate a fault on the other bit!

mrcheerful

A P-reg is much more likely to be Mark 4 than Mark 3. Mark 4 Fiestas have hydrualic clutches. Mark 3s have a cable.

Tony

Ooh yes - my mark 3 did that twice in the time I had it. It's a complete sod to replace too.

Debbs - the auto adjusting in this arrangement is at the pedal end of the clutch cable, not the engine end.

But I'm pretty sure you have a Mark 5 Fiesta at P reg. I've only ever seen one P reg Mark 3 but lots of N reg Mark 4s.

Tony