Thread: Series III clutch pedal solid

Originally Posted by 1950landy

My 80" only has to sit in the garage for a couple of months for the clutch plate to stick . I think yours is a cylinder or hose problem but was just saying the clutch assembly if once you get everything working the clutch dose not release stoping it going into gear with engine running.

yes, understood. I did managed to get the engine going but the rotor arm and plugs were pretty grotty. I had to turn it off as there was smoke coming out of the wiring in the dash. Some of that is pretty scary so I have tried to remove all the non original stuff. I might just pop the fuses out before I try again..

Originally Posted by 1950landy

About 25 odd years after I did my 1st restoration & made my own harness I was at a car show in my 80" & leading the grand parade with the guy who ran the show in the back & the LR stopped with smoke coming out of the dash. How embarrassing . What I found was way back I had pinched one of the wires between the instrument panel & dash , it took over 25 years to rub through . On the 2nd rebuild / tidy up I bought a new harness . I made sure the wire was not caught this time.

oops!