James:
In re your stuck clutch, here is advise from the BMW 2002 mailing
list that follows Geo's advice, though without the thrill of asking
your wife to push your Triumph off a woodpile. :-)
With luck, these gentler techniques might:
1) reduce your wife's eye rolling while talking about you and your
car at parties.
2) reduce our collective angst, by reminding us how much Triumph
owners have in common with other classic makes.
In fact, I think my '72 2002 leaks more oil than my TR6 did. As a
result, the eye rolling hasn't dropped off all that much. Usual
disclaimers....
Steven
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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 06:57:29 -0400
From: "Ron Ewing" <ron.ewing@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Kent's stuck clutch
Kent - I believe your disc is rusted to your flywheel - a common
occurence with cars that are stored in humid conditions. Warm it up in
neutral, turn it off, put it in gear, put the clutch in, start it up and
goose the throttle - this will usually break it loose right away, tho
sometimes it's necessary to drive it around the block with the clutch
depressed until it decides to give up and release it's captive! Have fun,
and be careful, Ron.
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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 09:02:35 -0700
From: "Jack Roberts" <JackRoberts@CentroVision.prserv.net>
Subject: Frozen Clutch Story
The first time thei happened to me, it took me some time to figure out
exaclty what happened. If you will indulge me in a little story, I will
tell you what I did to fix it.
The story is that many years ago I was on a business trip in Seattle, and
there was a '02 stuck in a parking spot on the street. A very attractive
young lady was trying to start it, and her boyfriend, a hysterical type, was
shouting at her, trying to give her advice. I walked over, and asked
through the sunroof if I could be of any assistance. She described the
problem to me, and the boyfriend started to tell me what he thought the
problem was (it could start in neutral but they couldn't get it in gear, so
the transmission was broken(?!)) and how they needed to call for a tow. I
turned back to her and told her to put the car in 4th gear, press the brake
hard, pull up the parking brake, and depress the clutch, and then crank the
car. (The starter motor is usually powerful enough to unfreeze the clutch.)
After a few tries, the clutch unfroze and she was off. The boyfriend was
clearly impressed, and I didn't even get my hands dirty. Of course, you
need some battery power to do this, so if you've been driving the car with
the starter motor (I did the same thing) you will need to charge it up
first.
This has happened to me three times in 25 years of owning my car, and each
time I fixed it the same way. Let me know if it works for you.
Jack Roberts
'75 '02 "Private Schultz"
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Steven Newell
Crave Technology, Denver, CO
303.675.0777 / 303.675.0999 (fax)
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