When was the last time that put some grease in those little grease nipples (two
of them) in your pedal cluster? Have you checked to see if the cluster is still
fastened to the car??? Sounds like you might have to unscrew the nipples, put
some penetrating oil in there, work the pedals loose, then grease the thing
until grease comes out of every pore.
Jon Callas wrote:
> I got in the Moggie this morning ('67, +4), and decided to drive it because
> it's the first decent day we've had in the Valley in weeks. So I cranked it
> up and puttered off, and noticed that -- somehow the clutch pedal and brake
> pedal were joined. Push the clutch, the brakes go on. It seems that if I'm
> pushing the brake, the clutch pedal moves too. Not good. I poke at it a
> bit, and drive it around the block, and the car is acting a lot like a car
> acts when the clutch is on its last legs. I drive it back to the driveway,
> sulk, and take the Defender.
>
> Is this something stupid that if I know the right place to bang, the pieces
> that have bound together will unbind? Or am I looking at what I fear, a new
> clutch?
>
> Jon
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