Sorry to be a wet blanket , but you risk doing serious damage to your engine/gearbox by doing this . If the normal methods of adjustment do not work , you will have to dismantle the clutch/flywheel assembly to see what is causing it . I know its a pain , but its the best way ......cheers

EDIT : I tried this once when i was young and silly ( now im just old and silly) . Seemed to work ok until a week later when the clutch plate dis-integrated , causing all kinds of damage ...

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1965 Morris 850
1966 Morris Mini Minor
1967 Morris Cooper 'S'
1977 Leyland LS

I have to agree. Last time I tried to take the easy route and use the weight/momentum of the car to do something - I snapped my crank!!

I know that's not the same thing as here, but I was taking what I thought was the easy way out - I'm here to tell you that it wasn't that easy

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Bob Slattery
Duffman Says A Lot of Things - OH YEAH!!

Well I am old and experienced and as the car has not sat to long there is a chance that the rusting if it is rusted will not be that bad and it is a chance worth taking most of the time they will let go before the car goes very far and if it doesn't let goe within a couple hundred metres go and take the clutch out, the worst that will happen is that the linings will rip off the driven plate and the only damage that might happen is to the faces of the flywheel and back plate which should be machined even if you pull it down and replace the clutch old experienced and an Automotive Engineer

Bob your crank must of been cracked in the first place because by having your foot on the clutch and using the brakes to load the engine is exactly what a dyno does but the brake is in the dyno

Jon

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Roundies and Clubbies(except vans) are both ugly that is why I have Midas and a van
1293 Mini Midas Bronze,1275 Clubman van