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Old 02-24-2004, 12:46 AM
psfred psfred is offline
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Yup, sounds exactly like the clutch plate is rusted to the flywheel.

You have to do the bronco thing with the clutch pedal down, though, or nothing happens!

I remember rocking my brother's Rabbit in the parking lot after it sat for a winter with bad ignition points. Got buried in snow and salt, what a mess.

Get some beefy buds to help -- put the lightest one in the car and put it in first or reverse, and have him or her hold the clutch pedal in. The rest of you get to alternately shove the car back and forth!

Check to make sure the slave cylinder is extending, too -- it's possible it blew a seal, after all, and you are just pumping brake fluid on the ground.

Peter
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