Page 1 of 1

Indicator self cancel and clutch bite point

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:42 pm
by Sanzomat
Hi All, newbie here. Just bought a 2000/V 1.0 Envoy as my son's first car. Genuine 49k miles (big folder of service bills and every MOT showing gradual increase in miles), completely original, all seems in good order, drives really well and doesn't feel nearly as slow as I thought it would. Only two issues, both fairly minor:
1) The indicators don't self cancel (both ways) - is this a common fault? Is there an easy fix? Its the basic steering wheel with no airbag so hopefully shouldn't be any trouble taking it off and taking a look for broken bits inside but any advice would be welcome.
2) The clutch biting point is pretty low, only a couple of cm off the floor. Also the gearbox feels a bit notchy (although seemed to improve when warmed up). I'm guessing that as its a cable clutch it should be a simple matter of turning a nut somewhere to adjust the bite point and this may help the gearchange as more certain to have the clutch fully disengaged! (not discounting pilot error!) I have a couple of bottles of Amsoil fully synth gearbox oil sat in my garage that I won in a competition in another forum but never used - anyone found the gearboxes get smoother with some nice new synthetic oil? How easy/hard is it to change the gearbox oil?

Any general advice on the car would be welcome but so far I think I've got a good buy.

Thanks.

Re: Indicator self cancel and clutch bite point

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:51 pm
by PRICER
the clutch pedal is an easy solve, on the gearbox end you will see the cable and a plastic nut, and some thread, just wind the nut up the thread a few turns (might be tight) but that will lift your clutch.

Re: Indicator self cancel and clutch bite point

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:02 pm
by matty101
indicator problem is also an easy fix, no need to take the wheel off just the pastic trim behind it and the indicator stalk simply unplugs and unclips, just get a new one from vauxhall or pinch one from a scrapyard and replace it, shud solve it no problem.