--WebTV-Mail-20444-722
OK let's see. I think you will need a helper.
Jack under differential to get both rear wheels off the ground. Block
front wheels. In gear (not reverse!) but depress clutch. Start the
car.
When rear wheels are turning real good, drop the jack abruptly.
Throughout this exercise the clutch pedal is fully depresssed. Be ready
to cut ignition if car lurches forward. Alternatively, you can run car
up to some immovable object prior to jacking. I prefer the blocks.
Good luck and, uh, you may want to use old rear tires for this.
Bruce Burrows
'59 MGA basket case
'60 Daimler SP 250
'61 Daimler SP 250
'73 MGB driver
My Dart website (not my cars!):
http://community-2.webtv.net/guardian45/THEDAIMLERSP250DART/
--WebTV-Mail-20444-722
Content-Disposition: Inline
Received: from mailsorter-102-3.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.121) by
storefull-158.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Wed, 19 Jul 2000
12:18:50 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by mailsorter-102-3.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) id
E4540C1A6; Wed, 19 Jul 2000 12:18:45 -0700 (PDT)
Delivered-To: bburrows@webtv.net
Received: from teamfat2.dsl.aros.net (teamfat2.dsl.aros.net [207.173.21.42])
by mailsorter-102-3.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) with ESMTP id
B4D55C0F9 for <bburrows@webtv.net>; Wed, 19 Jul 2000 12:18:33 -0700
(PDT)
Received: from localhost (nobody@localhost) by teamfat2.dsl.aros.net
(8.9.3/8.9.3)
with SMTP id NAA22964; Wed, 19 Jul 2000 13:17:06 -0600 (MDT)
Received: by teamfat2.dsl.aros.net (bulk_mailer v1.12); Wed, 19 Jul 2000
13:16:29 -0600
Received: (from majordom@localhost) by teamfat2.dsl.aros.net (8.9.3/8.9.3)
id NAA22906 for mgs-actors; Wed, 19 Jul 2000 13:16:27 -0600 (MDT)
Message-ID: <3976039E.55422D3C@intap.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:38:06 -0400
From: frank krajewski <frankk@intap.net>
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U)
X-Accept-Language: en
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Clutch Stuck?
Sender: owner-mgs@autox.team.net
Reply-To: frank krajewski <frankk@intap.net>
I recently purchased a rusty 79 B. I was able to get it running and it
does run great. I cannot get the clutch to engage/disengage however and
suspect the disc has mated itself to the flywheel. I have bled the
clutch and there is considerable clutch pedal pressure so I am certain
the pressure plate is operational. I recall several "quick" cures for
freeing the disc from the flywheel short of pulling the engine. Would
appreciate any advice. Thanks. Next time I'll pay more attention.
Frank "Swamp Yankee" Krajewski
http://www.bmcne.com
--WebTV-Mail-20444-722--
|