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Just before home on this morning's drive, clutch pedal feel just seemed different. When letting up, no feel difference from floorboard to full-up, car moved along even though no feeling of "engagement" through pedal. Going up hill no slippage. Instead of stopping, stayed in first transitioning from street to steep driveway, went up just fine. Neutral to get out and open garage door, again, clutch out with no feel and car just started moving. Maybe also no sense through car of gradual engagement.
No fluid under car and none on interior firewall at master cylinder, and decent level in resevoir. Pushing clutch in feels about same, but really no confidence in that judgement, maybe if it just flopped down I would certainly notice.
Any thoughts? If need to take gearbox out, does it only come out attached to engine or can it come out separately. Thanks,
Jay, '65 3000
 
WELL AS A GUESS YOU MAY HAVE A HOSE GOING BAD
 
thanks Keoke, spent many hours over two years trying to solve mild rear brake drag problem, cause of limited get under car abilities, had no idea of flexible hose in center of car, easy final fix thanks to forum. Expect bleeding clutch slave cylinder will be difficult for same reason but may just hammer together some more boards to get more inches of lift. thank again--a first try well worth it compared with clutch replacement, Jay, '65 3000
 
I first use a repair-shop floor jack with 2'-3' 2X4 tween jack and frame to lift up a wheel, then slide under wheel a solid wood platform 18" wide by 2 1/2 ft long constructed of 3/4" pine, currently have sufficient number of these boards nailed/screwed together to get 6" of lift, have stops at each end to prevent front/back movement. floor jack left in place and jack stand placed under near frame member.
I thought a solid wood platform sufficiently long and wide with stops front and back was about the safest thing, especially backed up by jack stand and floor jack. Please let me know if more is usually used because I thought being killed by a falling car was a pretty ignominious way to go.
Jay, '65 Healey 3000
 
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