Noah,
I had this problem a while back. I had my wife sit in the car with the
clutch pedal depressed and the car in gear while I rocked the car back and
forth. Mine freed up fairly easily this way (and a lot less violently than
starting the engine in gear). You might try that first.
Kurtis J.
1963 TR4
> Hey all- long time no post (ive been in lurk mode for a long time now)...
>
> Im trying to get charlie my TR4 on the road after a winter of being in a
giant
> ziplocced car bag...
>
> while he's starting fine in neutral, and when he's not started I can shift
the
> gears, when hes started in neutral, if i push the clutch in and then try
to
> shift gears, i can hear the syncros grinding and i cant put the car in
> gear...i think the clutch is stuck closed regardless of pedal position...
>
> This happened a few years ago after storage and what I did was get it all
> warmed up, turn it off, then put it in 2nd gear, and start it with the
clutch
> depressed while pushing hte car a bit in 2nd gear...the torque of hte
engine
> catching and revving on the open clutch pulled the plates loose, and I was
> free...but was a pretty violent sequence...
>
> questions-
> -what shoud I do? does my "start the car in gear and let it rip itself
loose"
> trick sound good?
> -what is going wrong that this happens most springtimes when i put charlie
on
> the road? why is the clutch sticking?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Noah
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