18 months ago I drove my Series III into the garage for a number of maintenance items, which ultimately ended up being an entire front-end rebuild (see 'Excessive Axle Play below). When I finished and fired up, I went to press in the clutch and ... nothing there. It's already depressed!
I'm puzzled. I've had instances of the clutch being stuck engaged in the past, and a big bang when it cuts loose and disengages. But I don't quite understand this situation, or quite how to go about attacking it. The clutch is stuck in the disengaged position.
At first I thought that the ***** cylinder had hyper-extended and then the piston had become jammed rather than retracting. I've seen this before (elsewhere). But that isn't the case. Near as I can tell, up then behind the exhaust pipe, the clutch ***** cylinder is A-O-K. I guess i'm trolling around, trying to reason how the clutch could possible be stck in this position, and what to do about it short of pulling the engine out. Obviously I'd rather not go there unless I must.
Any ideas, Rover peeps?
Thanks,
Don
I'm puzzled. I've had instances of the clutch being stuck engaged in the past, and a big bang when it cuts loose and disengages. But I don't quite understand this situation, or quite how to go about attacking it. The clutch is stuck in the disengaged position.
At first I thought that the ***** cylinder had hyper-extended and then the piston had become jammed rather than retracting. I've seen this before (elsewhere). But that isn't the case. Near as I can tell, up then behind the exhaust pipe, the clutch ***** cylinder is A-O-K. I guess i'm trolling around, trying to reason how the clutch could possible be stck in this position, and what to do about it short of pulling the engine out. Obviously I'd rather not go there unless I must.
Any ideas, Rover peeps?
Thanks,
Don
