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Indeed, that was my first train of thought - presumably DOT5 would be better?

It has fluid in it.

Hence why I say no open flame. I'm not looking to cook the cylinder, merely warm it up and allow for some expansion, presumably it's aluminium cylinder?

I suspect the plate might be stuck also, but we'll cross that bridge when I get to it. Unfortunately friends are few where they are so not really an option I'm afraid. Would applying a bit of heat to the cylinder help? Not open flame, but heat gun perhaps, just to warm it up and allow for a little wiggle room.

That's great, appreciate that. I literally just need to get it into gear to drive off the garden, and then into reverse to get back up the drive. The rest can be tackled once it's back onto terrafirma.

Hi all, My father has a Triumph Vitesse 2 Litre. It's been sat for a while unfortunately due to ill health and I'm hoping to get it back on the road. I went over at the weekend and ran a few tests, got the engine turning over, all the brakes are free, even got the engine running which was great! However, when trying to move the car the clutch was rock hard. The pedal is loose and linkage is free up to the master cylinder, I even loosened the union at the master and pumped the pedal to test whether it was the master cylinder or slave/clutch stuck. Unfortunately, the pedal didn't move with the loose union so I can only conclude the master cylnder has corroded and siezed. For you knowledgable folk out there, is there a trick to potentially free the master cylinder - even if it's just enough to move the car a few meters onto the driveway - or will it be a full strip/rebuild of the clutch master? Thanks in advance!