Sticking Clutch

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Debs

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Just spoken to the garage that used to own my commer and did loads of servicing and work on her. He said that commers are prone to clutch sticking[:0] if not driven for a while. His suggestion is to put a piece of wood between the accelerator and the brake thus depressing the clutch pedal and avoiding it sticking.:D[^]
 
Tim says not a good idea [:0] I prefer to go for a baz every couple of weeks or if really cold up & down the drive,run the engine for a we while.but I don't leave the hand brake on when not used,just a block behind a couple of wheels [^]
 
i dont ever intend leaving skye for a long time without driving her. want to be driving her all the time if i can.:):D
 
my riley is my every day car,purely because she is so cheap to own,ins is 130.00 fully comp unlimited miles [^] tax exempt,including european recovery,all the commer policy seem to be ltd miles,which wouldn't be enough miles to :rally teenagers around,go to all the classic shows & every where else we have to be...also own more than 2 vehicles so "Ran" will sometimes be sat on the drive for a week.I am using her every day at the moment,this is costing a lot in fuel & parking,as I can not park in some of the places I can park the riley.Yesterday I had two girls & my son out in "Ran" they loved being in her.:)
 
Most things seize up if you don't move them often enough (clutches, handbrakes, knees, bank accounts etc)
Us old girls appreciate being taken out once in a while;)

Sure Skye will be too tempting not to take out regularly, but main trick as commerchris says is not to leave handbrake on if standing for a time.;)
 
Possible remedy for stuck clutch - my other half remembered seeing an article in Practical Classics a while back mentioning a garage that swore by the following.....

Start and run the engine for an hour until well up to temperature then wedge clutch pedal down, switch engine off and allow to cool back down again. Apparently supposed to work every time
 
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