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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I have found that if the disk is actually rusted to the pressure plate, it may be very difficult to make it release by the shock method. A three year lay-up is a considerable amount of time – especially if mice have gotten in there and made a mess. I have had better luck on some trucks and tractors by removing the sheet metal flywheel cover underneath the bell housing and freeing up the offending disk with a screwdriver or thin chisel while someone has the clutch pedal pressed down. No inspection plate? I once used a hole saw to make a 1.5” hole in the bottom of the clutch housing on a Ford 801 tractor that was equipped with a full frame loader. It was a major chance I was taking between estimating the location of the flywheel/clutch disk interface, not hitting any internal hydraulic lines, and not finding that the tractor was equipped with a recessed –surface flywheel. It worked! A lot easier than splitting the tractor. A ’54 Chevy 6400 truck had the sheet metal cover that I mentioned earlier and that was the real easy one. In both cases, I tried the usual tricks of backing up against a tree, shock shifting, etc. No luck with those attempts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>But, as other responders have mentioned, make sure that the clutch release mechanism is working first. Sort of like rebuilding an engine to cure the no-start situation just to find the fuel tank was dry.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Alex Thomson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>dave<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, May 18, 2019 12:35 PM<br><b>To:</b> triumphs@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [TR] clutch issue<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is an mga, but I think the concept is the same.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Car sat for 3 years and now the clutch doesn’t work.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Could be clutch replacement but someone suggested that maybe the clutch and pressure plate have rusted together? is there a way, short of pulling it, to separate them?<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>