Hi All

This morning started the motor at -14 no problems.

Three quarters of an hour after the motor had been switched off, the wife went to drive off.

Now this is were it all went a bit Pete tong.

Selected first gear, disengaged the hand brake and tried to pull away, but motor was stuck solid. She gave a little throttle to go over some snow that had come lose from the mud guards the day before when the car jumped forward with a strong smell of clutch.

She didint ride the clutch, as an ex cop she knows how to drive.

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WITH TWINS, YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY Now towing a Abbey Vouge 650 1800kg

Tug weight 1958kg + Roofrails & Towbar

Hand brake seized /frozen on? Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Ye Nick, could be.

But last week -18.5 and ok???

My be just one of that nights>

Alan 08 FL2 SE TD4 manual,Santorini Black, Factory fitted Black Tinted Glass, Anti-Tesco Trolly Side Protection, bebe confort axiss carseats & Cargo barrier to stop twin's buggy & junk coming through. NO Sweets Crisps or Drinks inside.
WITH TWINS, YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY Now towing a Abbey Vouge 650 1800kg

Tug weight 1958kg + Roofrails & Towbar

Alona wrote:

Now towing a Abbey Vouge 650 1800kg

there lies your problem dont say I didnt warn you . sympathy.......no  At work
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Good Morning CG

One thing was missing, from your cunning plan.

No van was on tow mate.

Anyway, only pull with the FL2, the mover does the hard work on site. Most people burn the clutch reversing the van.

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WITH TWINS, YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY Now towing a Abbey Vouge 650 1800kg

Tug weight 1958kg + Roofrails & Towbar

Alona wrote:

Ye Nick, could be.

But last week -18.5 and ok???

My be just one of that nights>

Alan

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Last edited by chicken george on 21st Dec 2010 11:33 am. Edited 1 time in total

Alona wrote:

Good Morning CG

One thing was missing, from your cunning plan.

No van was on tow mate.

you the clutch whilst towing the thing, the symptoms are now showing in the extreme weather.
try free rolling down a slight slope to check you don't have binding brakes due to a frozen handbrake cable etc etc At work
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Well handbrake off for now.

That will please the wife, as she keeps telling me to park in gear.

Alls working well now.

Alan 08 FL2 SE TD4 manual,Santorini Black, Factory fitted Black Tinted Glass, Anti-Tesco Trolly Side Protection, bebe confort axiss carseats & Cargo barrier to stop twin's buggy & junk coming through. NO Sweets Crisps or Drinks inside.
WITH TWINS, YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY Now towing a Abbey Vouge 650 1800kg

Tug weight 1958kg + Roofrails & Towbar

I suppose I'm lucky as my drive is flat but haven't used the handbrake in over a week in these temperatures, same at work all day. We have suffered from freezing fog as we live quite close to the Humber Estuary and it's making it difficult to get in the car let alone the brakes releasing.

In fact I have to pour hot water over the metal gate first before reaching the car, I have a garage but like most people, it's used by my wife as a junk room.

Could it have been the smell of brakes rather than clutch? Just wondering if you'd managed to activate the traction control system which had used braking?

Could have been. But havint smelled brake before so don't know.

Smell was gone, by the time the wife went 50 yards 08 FL2 SE TD4 manual,Santorini Black, Factory fitted Black Tinted Glass, Anti-Tesco Trolly Side Protection, bebe confort axiss carseats & Cargo barrier to stop twin's buggy & junk coming through. NO Sweets Crisps or Drinks inside.
WITH TWINS, YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY Now towing a Abbey Vouge 650 1800kg

Tug weight 1958kg + Roofrails & Towbar

npinks wrote:

Alona wrote:

Ye Nick, could be.

But last week -18.5 and ok???

My be just one of that nights>

Alan

Might have had excess water on rear disc etc

AndyC says he doesn't use handbrake on cold weather etc due to freezing up, not sure what to do if you live on a hill though

Dont ever live on a hill - simple

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Alona wrote:

Could have been. But havint smelled brake before so don't know.

Smell was gone, by the time the wife went 50 yards

The wife smells like burnt clutch, she will love that