I've dealth with this on quiet few occasion and this looks like the
easiest, sure beats crawling under the truck-remove the shield and putting
something between. I've had to crank the truck up and get it moving, push
the clutch in and eventually it'll come undone. Probably not the best way
but believe when I put mine up for a bit, i'll do the 2x4 thing. --wayne
At 08:07 PM 10/2/01 -0500, John Howard wrote:
>Well I can only relate when I purchase my 53 chevy truck, I asked the guy
>..Why was there a 2x4 pushing
>down on the clutch..he said this prevents the clutch plate fusing to the
>clutch assy. facing...the 2x4 was
>against the bottom part of the seat and extended to the clutch pedal..Well I
>guess it worked it was parked
>outside for a couple of years...
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: dpewter <dpewter@msn.com>
>To: jls <jls@seavcom.com>; Bob KNOTTS <raknotts@qwest.net>
>Cc: oletrucks <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 3:44 PM
>Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Clutch(winterization)
>
>
>> That's about the thinnest piece of wood I can think of! ;-)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Doug Pewterbaugh
>> dpewter@msn.com
>> Denton, TX
>> 49 3104 216 5-window
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "jls" <jls@seavcom.com>
>> To: "Bob KNOTTS" <raknotts@qwest.net>
>> Cc: "oletrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 1:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Clutch(winterization)
>>
>>
>> > Saw this post and thought a piece of paper might work.
>> >
>> > On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Bob KNOTTS wrote:
>> >
>> > > I don't have a rig, but is there an inspection pan at the bottom of
>the
>> > > clutch/flywheel that will allow you some access? If so, maybe you
>could
>> > > disengage the clutch slightly, and position some kind of non-metallic
>> spacer
>> > > (piece of wood?) between the clutch and pressure plate. You'd want to
>> keep the
>> > > spacer as close to the center as possible(up and down). And you'd want
>> to use
>> > > as thin a piece of material as possible so as to not put any more
>> pressure on
>> > > the spring than required. And leave yourself a great big note to
>remove
>> the
>> > > spacer before starting the vehicle!! Bob K (in PHX)
>> > > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and
>1959
>> > >
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > -JLS
>> >
>> > I'm climbing for the American Lung Association
>> > http://www.pledgepage.com/jls
>> > Please sign the guest book
>> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
Wayne Osborne
1956 Chevy Pickup
LaGrange Ga.
http://www.chevytrucks.org
http://www.chevytrucks.org/wayne
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