My brother was just here and I told him about your puzzle. He laughed and
told me about a friend of his who dropped his new clutch disc and a piece of
the friction material broke off. The guy used a huge quantity of
"superglue" to put it back together. He finished installing the clutch and
then drove to the store. When he came out the clutch wouldn't disengage.
The superglue had set off from the heat of the drive and the clutch disc was
securely glued to the flywheel and pressure plate - LOL.
Rick
----- Original Message -----
From "Paul A. Asgeirsson" <Pasgeirsson at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: Clutch Puzzle Responses & Answer!
> Hey! You guys are good! The answers received are at the bottom here.
Lots of
> good ones.
>
> I did mention that the brothers were not great DIY mechanics. One lives
in
> Portland and the one with the best ability is a Chiropracter who lives in
New
> York! Flew out to do the 5 speed conversion on the bugeye and an engine
swap.
> Worked a bit on it and the New York brother flew back home. Local brother
> discovered next day the clutch won't release! I figured it was the
classic
> clutch disc in backwards. New York brother flew back out to help pull and
check
> it out. Disc in OK!!!
>
> Did I mention they were sort of amateurs? Well, not wanting the clutch
cover
> bolts to fall out, they loctited them in. Yup! Too much loctite! It ran
down
> the flywheel and glued the disc in place to the flywheel! They cut it
loose with
> a putty knife and reassembled and now all is well!
>
> Who was it that said, "Now I've heard everything!"
>
> Car runs well and they are happy as clams at high tide!
>
> Thanks for the answers, they were all right on target, just not the right
answers
>
> Regards, Paul A
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