I want to thank all the suggestions for releasing the clutch. Being
only an amateur mechanic, I took my TR-4A to a long time experienced
professional......I took along your ideas and learned that he had
already tried all of them, well at lease most of them. I do not think
he tried to running car dropping down from the jack, but he has been
driving it, pushing it...said they covered 15 miles right in the garage
(turns engine over rather than release the clutch), had it running
jacked up, etc., left clutch braced over night, and has heated up the
engine by running several times. He was planning one last driving
attempt this afternoon, then reluctantly, he will be removing the tranny
and replacing the clutch.
That is why I went with a professional, I can do much of it, but I get
discouraged really quickly when things do not go well. I will have
plenty to do when it comes home. Water pump sounds like it is
struggling, but engine sounds pretty good. Sure does need a lot of
cleaning up and detailing. Not bad for 33 years old, but a long way
from the perfect shape I want.....
Thanks again....I will advise of progress....
Larry from near Indianapolis
Jerry Oliver wrote:
>
> Larry
> I really enjoy explaining this, as I had great fun doing it on my MGA with
> the same problem. The temperate solution is, as George says, start the car
> in gear (makes sure you have a clear path and be ready to switch off the
> engine) and use the brake and the accelerator to rev the engine against the
> brake. Spinning the tires some is best. But, if that doesn't work, the more
> aggressive approach is to jack the rear wheels up with a suitable trolley
> jack, start the car in low gear, rev the engine up, and have an assistant
> release the jack. The car will take off, spinning the tires and most likely
> break loose the most stubborn clutch.
> Jerry Oliver
> Olympia, WA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry R. Metz" <lrmetz@home.com>
> To: "Triumph List" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 6:39 PM
> Subject: Stuck clutch???
>
> >
> > Any suggestions on how to unstuck a clutch?
> >
> > My TR-4A has been in storage, we got it running, but the clutch is stuck
> > to the fly wheel...can not release......if no other trick to release it,
> > we will have to pull the tranny and replace it. It was rather new just
> > before the car went into storage, so apparently being new, and not used
> > much, it stuck from the long time of storage?? We have rebuilt the
> > master and slave cylinders.
> >
> > Larry from INdiana
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