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Re: Avoiding stuck clutches

To: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier)
Subject: Re: Avoiding stuck clutches
From: Berry Kercheval <kerch@parc.xerox.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 1994 09:33:48 PST
In message <9401111434.AA13885@stpaul.gov> Phil wrote:
>Rich Hill writes 
>> Well, it happened again this weekend - the clutch on my 79 Midget stuck to
>> the pressure plate (or whatever clutches stick to).  

>How long was it in storage?  Every once in a while, pop into the driver seat
>and work the clutch pedal vigorously.  If you can, keep the car in gear,
>depress the clutch pedal with your one foot and stick the other foot out
>the door and move the car back a bit. 

Don't forget to go "Vroooom!" when you do this.  Thinking about Maison Blanche
helps too.  

Someday I'll tell about the afternoon I put a LeMans-style roadster body on my
Mk VI Bentley and won the Mille Miglia....

  --berry



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