Dear Alan,
I have a somewhat steep hill on my street, but that did not work the first
time. Pushing the car up a slight uphill 150 foot driveway if that does not
work is not fun. It is so easy to just jack up the car, put it on good
jack stands, use the floor jack as a safety under the center of the rear
axle housing and do the procedure. The three times that I have done this in
the past 15 years has been uneventful.
Mark
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From: Alan Seigrist Blue 100 [mailto:healey.nut@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 10:10 AM
To: Mark Goodman
Cc: Mark and Kathy; Healeys@Autox. Team. Net
Subject: Re: Thank You Gary Hemphill
Mark -
Another thing is to find a steep hill, put yourself in a lower gear which
provides braking (around 2000 + rpms) and then disengage the clutch as you
are going down the hill. This will break it free without having to jack it
up.
Alan
On 8/8/06, Mark Goodman <mkgoodman@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
Dear Mark & Kathy,
I also had a good floor jack under the differential as a safety measure.
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark and Kathy [mailto:mgtrcars@galaxyinternet.net]
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 7:13 AM
To: Mark Goodman; Healeys@Autox . Team. Net
Subject: Re: Thank You Gary Hemphill
3000RPMs on jack stands? Hope your insurance is up to date!
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Goodman" < mkgoodman@worldnet.att.net
<mailto:mkgoodman@worldnet.att.net> >
To: "Healeys@Autox. Team. Net" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 12:00 AM
Subject: Thank You Gary Hemphill
>I went to start up my BJ8 tonight, and this is the fourth time that I found
> my clutch disc stuck to the flywheel. I was in Singapore for 10 days and
> wanted to make sure things were OK for my 2.5 hour drive to Encounter in
> Lionsville, PA.
>
> The first time that the clutch was stuck to the flywheel, I pushed the car
> down the driveway in fourth gear to get it started and then hit the brakes
> and nothing changed. Then I spent a total of about 6 hours removing the
> transmission and then prying loose the clutch, cleaning the surface of the
> flywheel and putting it all together again.
>
> During a conversation with Gary Hemphill after that happened, he said that
> I
> went way too far. He suggested to put the rear of the car up on jack
> stands, start it in third gear, rev up to 3K and then slam on both the
> foot
> and hand brakes. It has worked the past three times like a charm.
>
> I hope that this is helpful to someone else!!!!!
>
> Mark Goodman
> 66BJ8 35503
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