Ron, try starting the beast in 1st, accelerate and stomp the brakes. Make sure
you have plenty of runoff room. John
Ron Howard wrote:
> OK, I've been lurking here long enough. By way of introduction, I am Ron
> Howard, long time owner of 2 chrome bumbered '74 MGBs, one of which I fitted
> with a '62 Buick 215. Let me say I am impressed by the quality and quantity
> of information you fellow listers make available. I'm hoping someone out
> there can offer me a better suggestion than I have come up with to solve my
> problem concerning a stuck clutch plate. It worked fine as late as 3 months
> ago....I've been moving and no time to play with car. These are facts about
> clutch system, though I don't think they should matter: Stock MGB master
> and slave, both new <1000 mi. ago. Action feels perfect at petal. I just
> completed a bleed job, just to make sure....petal feels as perfect as it did
> before bleed. Clutch is 10" MGC, same as TR8, working on a trimmed down MGB
> flywheel. In 11,000 mi. it has always worked perfect. I have tried the usual
> clutch freeing methods: 1) Use starter motor with petal in and gearbox in
> 4th, 2) Petal down, 4th gear engaged....me pushing and pulling on car until
> exhaustion, 3) Petal down, 4th gear engaged...yank hell out of car with
> Jeep...result: car drags both Positraction geared rear wheels.
> Any ideas other than pulling motor and trans for surgery? Boy!...Do I not
> want to do that so bad!
> Please...somebody come up with a miracle here...Thanks for any other ideas,
> blessings, prayers, incantations, voodoo, whatever..... Ron
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