Mike:
Steve's method did not work on my car. My Mustang has had this happen
twice and 271 old style (1965) horses couldn't break it loose. The
following method worked within a couple of tries.
After verifying that the clutch fork is moving. Put in first gear and
start using the starter motor. Drive at about 2500 rpm with the clutch
in. Stab the brakes hard and quick. This is even better on a gravel road
but works fine on paved also. Will come loose within a couple of tries and
I never ended up with any clutch chatter from all the "freezing".
Greg Scharnberg
65 Mustang 2+2 GT, HiPo, 4sp.
At 07:04 PM 10/23/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Mike, the fix is easy. Start the car in gear and drive it in first gear
>holding the clutch pedal to the floor. Get hard on and off the throttle a
>few times and it will break loose. Works every time. I see this problem
>quite frequently.
>
>Steve Hoelscher
>#27 DSP
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mike King" <mapcomaps@comcast.net>
>To: <streetmod@yahoogroups.com>; <evolution-discussions@yahoogroups.com>;
><autox@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 3:01 PM
>Subject: Sticky clutch/presure plate fix?
>
>
> > Here's my dilemna...my SM Civic has been sitting for a couple of months.
>Now
> > the clutch has decided to "weld" itself to the pressure plate just from
> > sitting and from all the condensation and such. I've tried starting it in
> > gear about 20 times and it hasn't seemed to help yet. I just hate the
>stress
> > on the driveline to start it in gear so many times. Any ideas on how to
>get
> > the two loose? I've thought about pulling the starter off and spraying
>some
> > WD40 in there..any thoughts on that? Whatever advice would be great.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
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