Clutch gone after it was parked?

ghiggins
Thu, 07 May 2015 10:02:43 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

Good day all,

I recently inherited my Dad’s 1984 Alfa Romeo GTV6 and had it transported on a flatbed from Pennsylvania, where it was parked in a garage for the last 5 years, to my home in North Carolina. I went through the motor, new everything (except thermostat, duh!) and it runs nicely. When I got it running for the first time I put wheels on and took it out for a quick spin. The motor overheated and the rear brakes locked up but I made it home fine after it sat for about 2hrs in a parking lot. I have since changed the thermostat and started on the brakes. There was a bolt on the disk that was particularly difficult to get to so I turned on the car and put it in gear to rotate the axle. Much to my surprise, the wheels did not turn, it didn’t stall when I dropped the clutch out, the motor is no longer coupled to transaxle. Normally I would just go to the clutch but this vehicle is a little unique. The motor is front mount, but rear drive with a driveshaft running into a transaxle at the back of the car. The driveshaft has 3 rubber donuts that are intended to flex and I don’t know when, if ever, they have been looked at. So my question, do you think that one of these rubber donuts melted and busted when I went to move the wheels? Or did the clutch get burnt up and decide to show itself after it made it home? Or maybe I’m missing something. I think this would be a fun one for Tom and Ray to flesh out if they were able… Anyway, thanks for playing along.

Garrett in NC

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