This is the advice from the "clutch diagnostics" section of the AHSDC's web
page
Does the car still want to drive along even when the clutch pedal is hard
down on the floor?
Possible problems are:
If the car has not been driven for a while, the clutch driven plate
may have rusted to the flywheel. Push start the car in 2nd or
3rd gear and drive along holding the clutch pedal to the floor
and "kangaroo hop" the car with the accelerator.
If you have just fitted a new driven plate, you may have installed
it backwards. If so, the damper springs may be fouling the flywheel bolts.
The clutch diagnostics are at
http://www.cgl.rmit.edu.au/~mg/cars/goblins/tech/clutch.htm
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Mike Gigante mikeg@vicnet.net.au
Watsons Creek Vineyard http://www.vicnet.net.au/~mikeg
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Lishego <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>
To: Ron Madurski <rmadursk@galaxy.galstar.com>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, January 17, 1998 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: Clutch problems may be solved..
>Ron Madurski wrote:
>
>> Any suggestions on how to get it unstuck? I was thinking I'd push start
>> it and put the clutch in and pump the gas a bit to get the car to sort
>> of rock. Or maybe just rock it on the garage floor?
>
>Here's an extreme method featured in Moss a few years ago:
> Jack the car up so the rear wheels are off the ground in a big, empty
parking
>lot. Start the car, and the rear wheels should begin to turn. Have an
assistant
>lower the rear wheels onto the ground while your foot is on the clutch, and
the car
>will shoot forward. Hopefully, the clutch will unstick itself from the
shear force.
>However, be VERY careful! I've never tried this method, but it seems to
have a high
>rate of disaster!
>
>--
>Michael S. Lishego
>St. Andrews Presbyterian College
>Elementary Education Major,
>English Minor, Class of 1999
>R.A. of Winston-Salem Hall
>
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