Bill:
This is a common problem when the cars sit for long periods. Here is the
solution from on who is no longer with us and one who is. Pushing it out
and using lowor second and pumping the clutch pedal usually works too,
Ron Tebo
Subject: Frozen Clutch Problem
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 18:49:13 EDT
From: OldeAlp@aol.com
To: semeraro@erols.com
CC: alpines@autox.team.net
Further to the previous posts, the same thing happened to Shawn Strande's
series V this morning. The infamous Smitty cured the problem thusly:
There was about a 75 foot level clear space behind the car. After fully
warming up the engine to reduce the chance of stalling, he put it in reverse
and restarted the engine with the clutch pedal depressed and the car started
bucking backwards. At about the 65 foot mark, just as he was reaching
to turn
off the ignition, the clutch freed up. I asked him what he would do if that
hadn't worked. He said he'd do the same thing in first gear and at
least get
it back to where it was.
"Ole"
Bill Mounce wrote:
>Hi Piners
>
>I finally got my electrical stuff working to where I can get my car inspected
>(67 SV). Having let it sit for several months, I now cannot get it in gear!
>My clutch is not working. I bled it, and checked the arm that is 'pushed' by
>the slave cylinder for motion, it has it, but the clutch driven plate is not
>disengaging. I confirmed this by putting it in gear and hitting the starter
>motor. In the previous few months I have been working on the wiring harness,
>but not driving it. In the past few years, I have only driven it a few
>hundred yards, as I was rebuilding it, but the clutch, which is new, did work.
>I have sussed it is either something fell apart internally (unlikely as it was
>simply sitting in my garage), or the plate is stuck, if this is possible.
>Before I pull everything apart, does anyone have any thoughts.
>
>As a side note, tomorrow the 28th is my Pine's 38th birthday, and I really
>wanted to take the wife for her first drive in it!
>
>Many thanks as always,
>
>Bill
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