In a message dated 96-11-01 00:16:44 EST, you write:
<< In the Nov.'96 issue of Road & Track,
the Engineering Editor suggested keeping the clutch pedal depressed with a
wooden dowl during storage. This apparently keeps the pressure plate,
clutch disc and flywheel apart and prevents them from rusting together. Can
anyone comment if this is worth doing? >>
Your pressure plate, disk, and flywheel might not rust together, but then
again, that's compressing the pressure plate's coil springs (or diaphragm)
for a long time, and they may weaken slightly. Your hydraulics may leak a
bit as well if depressed for months at a time, and allow the clutch to engage
anyway. For those reasons, you may prefer to just occasionally move the
clutch disk relative to the pressure plate/flywheel assembly on occasion.
Just put the car into gear, depress the clutch, and have someone push the
car a foot or so.
-Karl
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