Dear All
Thanks again for all of the great suggestions regarding my clutch problems.
The majority of opinions centred on the following :-
1. Clutch hydraulics had failed - not the case - I crawled underneath whilst
my wife pressed the clutch pedal and there was at 0.25" travel on first press
- presumably enough to lift clutch plate from flywheel.So I moved onto
scenario 2....
2. Glued clutch plate - apparently this was the case. All of the advice I got
gave great suggestions about dabbing either clutch or brake once car was
moving at speed in forward direction. However, I couldn't get the car started
in a forward direction because the starter couldn't cope with moving the
weight of the car i.e. clutch was definitely engaged and I was trying to
start the car in gear. Eventually I used a hybrid of recommended solutions
and I jacked up the back of the car , put it very solidly on axle stands and
then started the car in gear - starter at this stage could handle turning
over the running gear without contact with terra firma and the clutch
disengaged almost immediately.
Thanks everyone.
Best regards
Clive
Series II in Half Moon Bay, CA
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Tue Sep 05 2000 - 08:44:59 CDT