I'll third that! My Cortina stuck clutch problem simply turned out to be rust on the splines. Fortunately, Ford cars used to be amenable to a skilled driver changing gear without using the clutch. [Not so with modern cars.] Starting in first gear was easy, but when stopping you had to remember that pressing the clutch had no effect.
IIRC, the instructions for my Cortina said something like "Replace the pads when they are worn down to between 2 and 3mm. It didn't tell you what to do if they were less than 2mm!
And no one really cared.
"Meet the new boss ... same as the old boss"
Many years ago, my optician said I needed a 'cataract' operation and recomended a "very good" surgeon. I managed to get my eyes checked via the NHS and the surgeon I saw said the cataracts were so minor it wasn't worth the risk of the operation - so I changed my optician. A couple of years ago, my new optician suggested my cataracts had got bad and I had an operation on one within 6 weeks (on the NHS). The second eye was dealt with one the first one was signed off. I was 82 at the time of the operations.
My first thought was perhaps something like the single large panels you find in bits of the EU that you simply plug in to a regular mains socket, and hang on a balcony or prop up in a window.
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