[mr48chev]

I'd say that if it works fine after you break it loose your assumption is correct.

If that is the case, the simple fix is drive it more often but a lot of times due to work schedules that isn't possible. I've got friends who work on cargo ships and friends who work on the oil pipelines in Alaska who are gone for several weeks or a couple of months at a time.

The other fix would be to come up with a setup to keep the pedal pushed down when it sits and that could be a block of wood cut to length to use inside the cab or between the foot board and clutch arm under the hood. You need a helper to push the pedal down to stick the block in under the hood though. I'd try that as it is zero cost except for the time to dig out a piece of wood or other material to make the piece to hold the pedal down.