Couldn't refrain from passing this on to all the neophytes: DON'T MAKE THIS
MISTAKE.
And don't blast Chad either. He was already _informed_ of the error.
<grinning>
Mike
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 8:21 AM
To: spitfires
Subject: Argggg, first down time with my baby ... clutch issues
Ok well everyone said it was going to happen, and well it did, my
perfectly running car (minus the inoperable spedometer) has been given her
first time out since I bought her.
Semi-Short story: I left for Nebraska to do some camping this weekend and
parked my spit in a friends garage, she had been running fine all day and
showed no signs of trasmission problems. When we arrived back yeterday I
fired her up only to find I had a terrible time getting her into reverse.
Not really realizing what the problem was, i pulled her out, and attempted
to shift to first when I noticed I had zero pressure, or response from the
clutch, it just went straight to the floor. So I raised the bonnet and
much to my chagrin, discoverd that the reservoir was severly depleated.
--Also after a later check - there were no clear deposits of tranny fluid
on his garage floor.
I managed to scoot it over to checker where in my ignorance I purchased
some 80w 90 gear oil to fill the master back up.
I should note at this point when I took off the cap to fill up the level,
I cleaned out some very dark, medium viscosity, gunk from the inside of
the cylinder. This stuff look like very very dirty oil deposits.
Then I filled up the chamber, and drove very delicately off. Of course
with all the air in the system it wasnt the lightest task but I managed to
get her home ... so my questions to the group are..
First off, what would cause such a severe depleation of the tranny oil??
With no clear leaks in the line, and no puddles of lube - Im
baffled. Also what type of gunk was I pulling out of the cylinder?
Also what type/brand of transmission oil should I be using?
Now based on what I know (very little at that :) I am assuming I need to
bleed the system, reading from the manual, I need to access the slave
cylinder from inside the car, under the transmission tunnel. Logic would
say do this on level ground. Am I just to hook up a tube to the bleeder
screw and proceed as a normal brake bleed from there??
After I got her home I check the fluid level again and it seems to be
right back where it belongs, but it is very very dark in color now after
being run through the system... when I bleed these lines out is there some
sort of cleaner I can run through it??
Again thank you all for your support, I hope to have her back and running
as soon as possible.
--Chad
1980 Spit @
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