Clutch?

[JimmyZ]

You can also try starting the motor and depressing the clutch several times. It might unseize. It worked for me years ago when I put mine in a ditch. The car sat for a few days and the clutch disc rusted to the flywheel.

On my family's farm we used to unseize tractor clutches by applying shock. We's simply start the thing in gear and run it into a tree! It worked:)

If you have a safe place to drive with no chance of hitting anyone/thing you could simply start it in gear and stomp/release the gas a few times. This action might be enough to liberate the disc. Pull the tranny out if gear when you need to stop/coast.

2c

Jim

[hd240z]

Before going to the trouble of pulling the transmission make sure the slave cylinder is providing the necessary stroke to release the clutch. Is all the air out of the hydraulics? Is it adjusted to the proper clearance (or less)? I believe the piston should be moving about 3/4" when you depress the pedal.

Pulling the transmission may be difficult if the clutch is also rusted tight on the transmission input shaft. You may have to remove the boot from the release lever and spray the insides of the clutch with something like PB Blaster to loosen it up.

edit: DOH, Forgot this was a 280 with no adustment.

Good Luck

[sblake01]

But.....if the disc is rusted to the flywheel, even if you break it loose, what kind of shape would it be in? If it were me, I'd already have that tranny out. And probably back in w/a new clutch since the frist post was 2 days ago.

[280ZED]

I tried the starting in gear idea and it worked! I now have a clutch that works great! It doesn't slip or anything. I just took it to the road today to find out what kind of bugs it has.(like brakes, sticking throttle). I did what I wanted to do this summer (have it driving before school)...school starts tomorrow.

[sblake01]

Cool! Glad it worked for you. The couple of times I've been it that situation, I pulled the trans. Next time I'll try breaking it loose first.

[280ZED]

My dad did this to his field marshall (tractor) that probably sat for 25+ years. His clutch works fine. It saves me the trouble of taking the tranny off and putting another one on. This is the first time in 25 years that the 280 has seen 70mph.:laugh: