I have been fiddling with my 1972 Midget, trying to figure out why she does
not seem to want to go for any rides this summer. She had a major hydraulic
fluid leak from a front flex line, which was replaced and the system bled.
When I went to drive her onto the trailer to move a few days later, my clutch
pedal felt like concrete, and would not go down at all. Thinking it was
perhaps a stuck piston, from the car sitting through a typical Oregon winter,
I managed to force the clutch pedal to the floor, and it now works. The shift
lever goes smoothly into all 4 gears, but the car will not move. It seems to
be stuck in neutral. I just now tried starting it in 1st gear, with my foot
off the clutch, and it started with nary a jerk, just as it had when I warmed
it up in neutral. I really do need list advice on this situation. It is a
nearly new ribcase which has never been abused. If anyone is interested in a
NE Nevada OSHIT, I have several cases of beer and 3 real nice London broil
steaks, and room to park several rvs. Thanks.
Kate
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