TVR not spotted

[junglie]

Hi all,

You will not have spotted my car because I have not left the drive way! I have not driven her for a month and decided today would be the best day. She fired straight up whilst I took the roof apart and then disaster. I could not engage any gears! The symptoms - with a bit of effort I could engage reverse and 4th/5th gears accompanied by a graunching noise (similar to a non sycromesh change) but no other gears. If I did engage one of those gears the car would move as you would expect. With the engine off all the gears engaged normally. Any ideas? The overheating issue has now been solved after the brilliant mountain bike inner tube washer arrived!

[Tracksport Dave]

Had a similar problem with my S at the start of the year. Would only engage gears with the engine off. Problem was a sticking clutch. To re-solve the problem, with engine off, put car in first gear, let out the clutch and turn the engine over on the ignition. Car lutches foward on the ignition and the clutch was free.

[Woody]

Have you got any fluid in the clutch system?
Might be an idea to top it up and bleed it anyway.

Chris

[Hoover.]

clutch master or slave cylinder had it ?????

[shentodj]

I read once that the way to free off a sticking clutch was to prop the clutch pedal down with a broom handle (or similar) and leave it.

Never tried it, but you never know!

Regards,
Shentodj

[Tracksport Dave]

shentodj said:

I read once that the way to free off a sticking clutch was to prop the clutch pedal down with a broom handle (or similar) and leave it.

Thats what you do to stop it getting stuck in the first place (if you are laying it up over winter)