Clutch pedal Stuck Options

[TonyVan]

New to the 914 world. Appreciate all the help I received on my distributor problem.
Now to my new dilemma. After working on the distributor, I took the car for a Run. Drive fine. Came home and parked it in the car port and covered it up. Next day, I decide to go for another drive and the clutch pedal is hard as a rock and won’t budge. I jacked up the car and see that the cable runs under the headers. It seems to be wrapped in some heat proof tape but wondering if it’s possible for the rubber sheath to have melted and fused to the cable? Would be grateful for any testing procedures.
Thanks,
Tony

[bdstone914]

@TonyVan

If the clutch is stuck in the up position it should go down when you disconnected it at the trans..
It could be the cable is siezed inside the sheath.
There is an access panel in the front of the tunnel under the carpet that gets access to the clutch cable connection at the pedals. It may be very hard to remove the clutch clevis pin if there is tension on it.
They also tend to wear a groove that makes them even harder to remove. Look in the tunnel and make sure nothing is restricting the cltuch shaft movement.
If you removed the the pedal board check that nothing is restricting the pedal.
Worst case is you have to pull the pedal set to get the the clutch cable clevis to remove the assembly.
I think i would order a new Gemo clutch cable now. If you do not need it now it is good to have a spare.