Another chick's car: Ford Falcon BA XR6
^^That post was referring to a Final Gear sticker on the rear window. I don't know where the linked picture went...
Anyhow... some kind of update...
The week before Christmas last year, I was driving home from work and felt something 'crunch' under my left foot. Gear selection still seemed ok, though the clutch pedal suddenly had some free travel it didn't have a moment earlier. Went and read up the workshop manual, had a fiddle under bonnet, and in the footwell, finding nothing untoward. Father didn't seem too bothered by it when I mentioned it. "Just keep an eye on it", he said.
So I've been babying it around for the last couple of months, and not taking it out unless absolutely necessary.
Couple of days ago, I noticed the clutch pedal had more and more free travel, and I wasn't comfortable at all with continuing to drive it, so since the mechanics I work with lacked any interest in having a look, I took it to a friend's workshop for diagnosis.
He tried flushing the fluid, but the minute he touched it, the whole system crapped out, and no fluid was getting through anywhere. Tried pressure bleeding, still nope. Tried clamping off hoses, and still had no pedal at all. So it was stuck in his workshop for the night.
Next day, and he still had no answers for me. Nothing was obviously wrong, but it was completely screwed. Made the executive decision to put a new clutch kit in, regardless. That was a shitload of money I'd rather have not spent, but what can you do? If I could have driven it home, I would have, and it probably would still be in a million pieces at work.
Problem solved!
Clutch plate was still ~50%, even after 12 years and 114,600km.
Slave and master cylinders both worked fine as well. So we still have no idea what went wrong, but I now have my baby back home, and it's working flawlessly again!
It's due for registration in a couple of weeks. Most likely will need a new set of rubber on the rear, which I've been putting off because lazy.
I also modified my headlights and added some LED halo rings last year. Hate on them all you want, but I like them, and I use them as DRL's, as I have a switch on the dash to turn them off for night driving.
Excuse my poorly placed finger, I didn't realise it was in the way...
Gave it a bath when I got it back, to get the grubby mechanic handprints off it. Will be giving it a proper wash/wax/polish on Sunday I hope. It's overdue.