>Listers,
>This has not been a good car summer for me. Here are my current
>problems, any thoughts would be appreciated. On the Alpine, it just
>stop cranking when I tried to start it. Based on the usual tests, I
>determined that the selonoid was bad. I spoke with Tiger Tom, and on
>his advice bought a Ford Pinto replacement. Actually, he just said any
>Ford. I put it in and nothing?? I have no experience with these. But
>it seemed strange that when I lossened the bolts on the Pinto unit, they
>were free. That is they'd slip back into the unit. Is that supposed to
>happen? I guess I should just buy another one, but being such a novice,
>I always figure I'm doing something stupid. Any thoughts? Problem No.
>2, the other LBC had been sitting for about a month with a dead battery.
> I replaced it yesterday. It started fine, but . . . won't shift into
>gear. The pedal feels fine. The clutch linkage and fluid seem fine.
>The slave appears to move properly and the transmission seems to shift
>from gear to gear just fine when the engine is off. But when I start
>it, it won't go into a forward gear. If I try to shift into reverse, it
>grinds. If I try to start it in gear with the clutch in, it jumps
>forward as if the clutch wasn't pressed. Am I screwed? Thanks in
>advance.
>
>Steve Semeraro
>Series V Alpine
>1968 Marcos GT
>
I had a similar clutch problem after parking my car for the winter. The
clutch appeared to work, but was actually siezed, and wouldn't release. I
freed it up by starting it in second gear, and driving it around while
pumping the clutch.
Good luck
Terry McKitrick
1960 Series I