You can use this technique with the front wheels chocked & the rear end on
jackstands.
I did the accelerating & braking thing with my E-Type when I first got it
home. It is much easier on your tires this way.
JUST BE SURE the car is STABLE before you start.
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: Jethogger <Jethogger@aol.com>
To: SndMn19@aol.com <SndMn19@aol.com>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, May 24, 1998 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: Really Frozen Clutch
>Hello. It sounds like your clutch hydrauics problems are in the rubber
hose
>at the slave. May be clogged? Freeing a frozen culutch dic. Get you
car
>to safe driving area. Start the car in second gear. Holding your clutch
>padel to the floor. ( you will have to fix the hydrauic first) After you
have
>started the car in second gear and are driving about 15 MPH. Still hold
the
>clutch pedel to the floor. Try locking up the brakes repeatitly. A
another
>way is to start the car in second gear again and still holding the clutch
>pedel to the floor. This time using the gas pedel. Goose the engine.
>Acclerate up and down. To the floor with the pedel and off the pedel.
>Jerking your head around. I have use both of these techenics and they
work.
>Good luck. John
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