Clutch or Worse?

[AlfaHealey]

After neglecting my newly purchased A-H 100-6 since December, I finally got some free time to get it out on the road. Aside from dead battery and sticking start button the engine fired up and sounded great. Put the car into first gear and released the clutch pedal...nothing happened. Repeated process in all gears with no luck. Healey just sits there running with no forward movement. With the help of a friend we put the car on jack stands and observed the clutch slave cylinder seeming functioning properly. The rear wheels turn along with the drive shaft with car in neutral. Can the clutch be stuck away from the fly wheel? I remember the last time I shut the Healey down I used the clutch momentarily in second gear to keep it from sputtering after ignition was off. Is there a simple (aka: inexpensive) fix or could this be more serious (like in transmission problem).
Any help much appreciated. Thanks Eric

 

[GregW]

Hi Eric,
The first thing I’d do is check the rubber hose to the slave cylinder, look for soft spots and/or cracking. Then try is bleeding the clutch. Hopefully that's all it is.

 

[Keoke]

Eric, sounds like the clutch gave up the ghost to me.??--Keoke

 

[100DashSix]

This sounds extremely familiar..I believe I've found the link, too! https://www.healeysurgeons.com/faq.php Read, "How to free up a stuck clutch" and see if it applies.

Edit: On second thought, it sounds like this is the opposite problem from what you have. If it'll help, here's a more complete article about freeing a stuck clutch https://www.mgaguru.com/mgtech/clutch/ct_104.htm