Clutch

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I am unable to get the transmission in gear with the engine running.

there is not enough travel by the clutch pedal to fully decouple the clutch.

I have a copy of the owners manual for the 1923 series 33 but find no specific clutch data,sure hate to overlook some adjustment before removing the transmission to get to the clutch. I sincerely hope some one can advise me.

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You may also be suffering from letting your car stand for too long without using it. My clutch ‘froze’ to the flywheel. I had to start the car in an open area with low gear selected, then when the car started and was moving I pushed in the clutch and hit the brakes. It broke the ‘seal’ and returned to a normal operating condition.

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A safer approach that sometimes works with a stuck clutch is to put the car up on a hoist or heavy jackstands with rear wheels suspended, start in gear and then hit the brakes with clutch pedal in. The advantage to this is that you can use a higher gear, the disavantage is that you don’t have vehicle inertia working for you.

Often you will find that corrosion on the shaft causes the sticking rather than the clutch surface. If that is the case, the vehicle will always be prone to stick again until you eliminate any surface issues on the shaft. A stick cut to length to depress the pedal is the best bet when again storing a vehicle with this issue.

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