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Re: replacing clutch on the MGB

To: mgs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: replacing clutch on the MGB
From: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 12:07:19 -0800
Max Heim wrote:
> I do not understand using the hand brake in this situation. Why not leave
> your foot on the service brake? If you "fainted" (good grief), the car would
> be unlikely to go anywhere unless you were on some sort of hill.
> 
> Certainly the box should be in neutral. Holding the clutch pedal down would
> be bad practice simply due to the wear on the throwout bearing and thrust
> washer.

Makes sense to me, but I was just quoting my English friends who taught 
me the proper way to drive in the UK. The handbrake deal was the biggest 
difference, along with the fact that the stripes on the verge of the 
motorway tell you things about the road ahead.

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