sounds like you have a serious slippage problem... The fact that your not asking why doesn't my car go anywhere is nothing short of miraculous. a few things could cause this and you need to look at some other facts about the car to determine the cause.
1. worn out clutch plate- new clutch
2. glazed clutch- not the end of the world just gotta wear down the glazing...
3. clutch linkage... i.e. master cylinder, cable or hydraulics, or slave cylinder
again look at the external characteristics like how gentle have you been on the clutch, how many miles on the clutch, does the car react differently in different gears and most importantly look at the design of your drive train as all cars are different.
its not the baring, its the transmission. its got very old gears.
Sounds like a bad clutch or pressure plate
as soon as you put stress on the engine, (even letting out the clutch with no gas) it'll stall. plus it'll idle rough.
If you are driving it correctly, not slipping the clutch or riding it, the clutch will last for 100,000 miles or more. Slipping means you are not allowing the clutch to fully engage smoothly. In other words revving the engine and trying to ease the clutch on. Practice will cure this. Riding it means keeping your foot on the clutch pedall all the time so that it slips even at speed.
its probable that the clutch is going and the reason why it works after you start the car back up is your giving the clutch a chance to cool "if even for a second" and the fingers on the pressure plate extend back out enough to do you some good....look into having it replaced.
Modern cars you cannot because manufactures think its not safe, by depressing the clutch you can make extra sure it will not sudden launch forward. But with older cars there is nothing stopping you from starting the car in neutral, you can even start it in gear but it most likely move a little forward than stall.
Providing the hydraulics are working properly, and the proper amount of travel from the slave cylinder to the cover assembly is good. That leads me to a problem in the cover assembly area. The release bearing while being pressed against the cover assembly diaphragm or fingers isn't releasing pressure against the plate, as a result the clutch acts engaged even though pedal is depressed to disengage. I have seen this problem often caused due to overheating...a common cause is "hot rodding" a clutch....a stock clutch can't stand up to the demands of "drag racing" type usage even though it was only "abused" a couple of times...
If you "rest" your foot on clutch pedal it will burn (riding clutch) Either keep clutch pedal competely to the floor or keep completely released no in between If you drive the car, you are burning out the clutch. If you don't fully shift into gear you will burn it out too which is easy since the clutch may stay engaged and not let you shift. If you give it gas or lose speed when you finally do shift you've worn your clutch. Do this a few times at high speed and its over. This is what happened to me and it happened fairly quickly on the highway. Ride at the wrong speed in any gear you will burn the 'clutch'. So that means you can't downshift to 2nd gear if you are going 60mph. If you read the list of situations where your engine and transmission can be totally ruined within 5 minutes you will wonder why people even bother. Many manual transmission drivers on the internet are unaware of these situations so be wary of advice from a friend even if he can drive manual transmission. Do yourself the favor and get professional instruction - that's what I'm going to do.
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All stalls, even if a horse isn't always in it, should be cleaned as much as possible. If you are bored, pick out a stall. If your horse goes, clean the stall.
This just ensures that the fly wheel is perfectly even and to remove any warped spots . The clutch needs to be mated at even distance or the clutch will be prematurly burned out. Also if the flywheel is warped it can cause the clutch to slip as it is used.
That sounds like a worn clutch.