RE: [alfa] Frozen Clutch

["Thomas Moll" <moltek@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dave,

The best way is usually to drive the car for a little bit so it is warm and
starts easily, then turn off the car and stop where you have some room in
front of the car. Push down the clutch and brake pedals at the same time,
then crank the engine. Should work right away.

Whatever you do, don't spray WD-40 on the clutch disk (you were joking,
right?)

Good luck
Thomas Moll
Seattle, WA



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided] On Behalf Of Dave
Mericle
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 2:05 PM
To: Alfa Digest
Subject: [alfa] Frozen Clutch

Howdy all - my topless '69 1750 Spider Veloce (looks like a Duetto) has been
resting during our severe winter here in SoCal (temp plummeted to +48F one
day) and I'm unable to disengage the clutch.  The car starts in gear and I
can drive it around the neighborhood but can't break the clutch loose by
revving and pumping the clutch which worked on my GTB6.

Any suggestions?  WD-40?

Cheers,

Dave Mericle the Elder
Leucadia, CA  BEACH-N-RIDES
--
to be removed from alfa, see /bin/digest-subs.cgi
or email "unsubscribe alfa" to majordomo@domain.elided
--
to be removed from alfa, see /bin/digest-subs.cgi
or email "unsubscribe alfa" to majordomo@domain.elided