Shendry
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Hi guy's
Having bought my self a Toledo I bought my girlfriend an Old Ibiza on an S plate. Fully MOT'd for a year and serviced, with 6 months Tax from of all things a KIA dealer.
Anyway, I am not as savvy as I should be and the only reservation about the car was the fact that even for me, a 14st 6ft 25 year old male, the clutch pedale was very stiff and real effprt was eeded to disengage the Plates to change gear.
I was told that this was wait for it, a Self adjusting clutch, and that this would adjust in a matter of time. Fine I though so I bought it.
6 Months later and the gear box is as stiff as the clutch now, when you change gear you can hear a clunky metal sound as if your moving metal bricks about, and the clutch is a real struggle for my girlfriend to engage etc. It's now at the point that the clutch doesn;t hold the engine from the biting point and when fully depressed the car wants to ince forward, so at the lights it has to come out of gear.
To say the car is in good nick other than that is an understatement and when it's moving it's fine, but with these annoying problems.
Anything simple I could do to remedy or even help this? If it is a straight new gear box and clutch we are needing, then we have been stung by a dodgy salesman, but hopefully the brains that be out there can come up with something that may assist.
Thanks folks
Having bought my self a Toledo I bought my girlfriend an Old Ibiza on an S plate. Fully MOT'd for a year and serviced, with 6 months Tax from of all things a KIA dealer.
Anyway, I am not as savvy as I should be and the only reservation about the car was the fact that even for me, a 14st 6ft 25 year old male, the clutch pedale was very stiff and real effprt was eeded to disengage the Plates to change gear.
I was told that this was wait for it, a Self adjusting clutch, and that this would adjust in a matter of time. Fine I though so I bought it.
6 Months later and the gear box is as stiff as the clutch now, when you change gear you can hear a clunky metal sound as if your moving metal bricks about, and the clutch is a real struggle for my girlfriend to engage etc. It's now at the point that the clutch doesn;t hold the engine from the biting point and when fully depressed the car wants to ince forward, so at the lights it has to come out of gear.
To say the car is in good nick other than that is an understatement and when it's moving it's fine, but with these annoying problems.
Anything simple I could do to remedy or even help this? If it is a straight new gear box and clutch we are needing, then we have been stung by a dodgy salesman, but hopefully the brains that be out there can come up with something that may assist.
Thanks folks
thats like 9 years right? 
and use the search button if you have any problems, i know i do.
