Does the car roll in neutral? If a clutch sits for a while it can
bind itself to the flywheel but I doubt that this is your problem. THere
are several ways to free it if this were the case. You might want to jack
up the rear of the car and see if you can start it in gear. This may shake
things loose.
...Art
On Mon, 6 Oct 1997 Teacher122@aol.com wrote:
> The clutch problem continues to haunt Picklestein-actually I believe it
> is revenge Hoodoo from Adrian Jones. I repent! I repent!
> I took George Merryweather's advice and tried to operate the clutch
> manually. While I "depressed" the clutch with a piece of pipe, my SO was
> unable to put it into gear when the engine was running. This rules out the
5Ft> hydraulic system. Either I messed something up when I replaced all
of the
> trans gaskets or when I attached the engine to the transmission I put
> something in a bind. Bgor and I had to clamp the transmission and engine to
> get them to come together. We assumed that the problem was the new pilot
> bushing(non-soaked, but lubed thoroughly-I feel a dreaded thread opening up
> again!) was just a tight fit. Only the last inch to inch and a half had to
> be clamped. Could the trans plate be binding somehow? Is it possible that
> even though the central fingers of the pressure plate are being depressed,
> the plate is not retracting? I feel an engine pulling coming on! Thanks
> for any thoughts!
> Tom Green
> 1979 Clutched Paperweight
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