Re: 78 Spit clutch issue

2002-06-24 Thread Matt Van Benschoten
sage - From: "John T. Blair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Matt Van Benschoten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "CARS Spitfires@Autox. Team. Net (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 9:32 AM Subject: Re: 78 Spit clutch issue > At 12:09 AM 6

RE: 78 Spit clutch issue

2002-06-24 Thread Richard Gosling
Matt, I had exactly this problem once. It turned out that one of the little springs in the clutch plate had broken, and a few of the bits had jammed themselves between the two faces of the clutch so that it was permanently engaged. As John said this could be one of several things, but they will

Re: 78 Spit clutch issue

2002-06-22 Thread John T. Blair
At 12:09 AM 6/22/02 -0400, Matt Van Benschoten wrote: >Help needed with a strange, to me, clutch issue on a 78 Spitfire. The clutch >failed while I was driving the car a few weeks back. The failure mode is >engaged with a good pedal. While driving; the clutch all of a sudden would >not release. Th