Chris,
How long has your car been sitting? When I got my Spit, the clutch was
stuck to the flywheel.
I freed mine by putting the 1 13/16 socket on the crank nut with the
breaker bar against the frame, then pushing the car with all my might!
[gearshift in neutral]
On another auto list I belong to, owners routinely have the clutches stick
even after a winter's rest. I guess it doesn't take that long. To which I
say: Drive 'Em If You Got 'Em!
Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire
At 12:45 PM 7/9/99 -0500, Chris Pappathopoulos wrote:
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>I finally got my '74 1500 engine put together and running, but my clutch
>isn't working. When I first tried it seemed to have more free play then
>it use to, and it wouldn't disengage. Today I tried bleeding. The first
>pump of the pedal after the bleed screw was closed was not firm at all,
>but after that it seemed solid. I had bled over a bottle through the
>system. My slave cylinder may be leaking slowly, but if it is I think it
>always has been so I don't know if this is the only problem. I plan on
>rebuilding it. Could I possibly have put the clutch disk in backwards?
>What are the symptoms of this. The clutch worked fine when I parked the
>car, but there might have been some fluid slowly dripping out of the
>bell housing weep hole (possible bad slave). Also, how much fluid does
>it normally take to bleed a clutch?
>
>Thanks
>Chris Pappathopoulos
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