40 Clutch Sticking

I went to start the 40 after about 3- 4 week sitting in the garage.  I primed it as I always do, jumped in and pressed the starter button.  The car was in second and I had the clutch in.  When I hit the starter it lurched forward, not too violently because its turns over real slow normally.  I tried to get it out of gear but it wouldn't budge.   
I shut the key off and was able to rock it forward and back with my arm in the window to move the gear shift.  Got it out of gear and started it again.   so far so good. until I tried to put it in gear.  With the clutch in all it would do is grind, as if the clutch was engaged.  This has happened before so I knew the clutch plate was sticking to the flywheel.  My rented garage is damp and the weather has been hot and cold for the last month.  with all of that i guess it added up to a stuck clutch disk.
I had to go back to the house, get my floor jack and misc tools and a flashlight to get the car up on a jack stand to get under it.  No small task since there is no room to work in the garage.  Not having any electricity for a shop light doesn't help either. 
At any rate I was able to remove the clutch linkage and the flywheel cover to get at the disc.  Since I was working alone I had to use a 2x3 wedged between the clutch pedal and the bottom of the dash to keep the pedal down while I used a small screw driver to free the disk.  Gently at first until I got tired and used the mallet on it.  the SOB came free after that.  Got it back together and rolling again about and hour later.
No pictures because I could barely fit under there and I didn't have much light.