It is a bit less risky/exciting if you depress the clutch and then
apply the brakes rather than pushing it off the jack. You also need
to lift only one rear wheel; the diff takes care of the rest. You
may need to pull the choke out a little (or use your third foot on
the accelerator) to prevent the engine from stalling.
Trevor Jordan
74 TR6 CF29281U
At 5:51 PM -0700 14/1/00, Geo Hahn wrote:
>"Linkens, Andy" wrote:
>
>> I remember someone posting a clever way of freeing a stuck clutch
>>recently...
>
>Not very clever and perhaps only a last resort -- this is how I
>freed mine that
>had stuck when the car sat in storage for a year:
>
>Jacked up the rear end, put it in a forward gear, revved the engine, depressed
>the clutch & had my wife push the car off the jack. Took a couple of months
>for the rain to wash the "patch" off the driveway but have had no problems in
>the 2‡ years since.
>
>Put a block of wood between the jack and the frame member to help it slide off
>cleanly. Made double-darn sure it was in a forward gear. Use at your own
>risk.
>
>Geo Hahn
>59 TR3A
>Tucson, AZ
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