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HMMPH. I shoulda thought of that! My wife is on a green Earth kick and she uses vinegar for cleaning just about everything. She used it in the shower on her hair one night. It was like trying to go to sleep next to a salad. :(

I've had some pretty good success cleaning up the passages by taking ...

YEA!!!!

Thanks to your responses here and in past posts (especially I-man's from November of last year) my problem is no more. I took the clutch apart including the metal and fibre plates behind the retaining wires (or as the parts manual calls them, the Ring, clutch plate stopper). I laid them out ...

OK, i took the cover off and cleaned out the hole and there was the ball. Used nice fresh grease and put it all back together. I guess the next step is get some brake cleaner and clean everything up, verify no metal plates are warped and clean up the surfaces on the metal plates.

Here comes a ...

Yeah, that was my first move. I should have done my research before asking though. I'm seeing that this is common if these things sit awhile. Mine will be sitting again in a couple of weeks as I head down Route 66 and points south for the winter. Its a shame. This used to be a daily driver until 2 ...

Now that is funny. I have exactly the same problem. 1963 305 Dream. Stored it in my garage 2 years ago. Today, I put a battery in it, fresh gas hit the starter and Vroom like it was just driven 15 min ago. I rolled it out into the sun and washed it. An hour later I was going to take it for a quick ...