delbert brecht wrote:
> E Meyer4/22/08 10:40C4336311.2FB35%epmeyer50@msn.com
>
>> On 4/20/08 4:54 AM, in article
>> e969ca16-906f-44e8-8e5e-c14f9cc42391...oglegroups.com,
>> "drumlicks" <drumlicks@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello, my 89 Accord standard has a "lurching" problem; I was driving
>>> along pulling the very smallest UHaul trailer (approved for my model
>>> car) when it just started this awful "slipping/hesitating" thing,
>>> almost like it was the fuel pump/filter, but not sure- seems like it
>>> would do it all the time if it were one of those (when I'm not pulling
>>> a trailer)....any experience/ideas? Thanks much....
>> Sounds like your clutch is getting weak & can't handle the extra effort.
>>
> I concur with the clutch diagnosis. Try putting the car in gear and with the
> emergency brake on slowly release the clutch. A well functioning clutch will
> usually just stall out the engine. If the engine just winds up then the
> clutch is bad. The trailer load made it show up faster that's all. It would
> have failed under normal conditions soon anyway.

have either of you guys towed a braked trailer? unlikely being as most
don't have them. if the brake is faulty, lacking fluid, or undamped, as
the pintle slides back and forth, it gives exactly the symptoms
described. a faulty clutch will be present without the trailer - not
the case here.