Could the smell be caused by a slipping clutch?
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Kurtis Jones
Russellville, Arkansas
1963 TR4 - CT19389L
1959 AH Bugeye - AN5L23250
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On 10/31/05, Joe Merone <jmerone@rocketmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings all:
>
> Here's a new and weird one.
>
> I've recently noticed that in the middle of long and
> hard charge up steep mountain grades I get a strange
> smell in the cockpit. I'm not talking about the
> occasional hill on the interstate but where you go for
> an extended period in 3rd gear or so.
>
> I thought that it might be oil finding it's way onto
> the exhaust but it's a kind of a rubber meets
> electrical burning thing. It's strange and worrysome.
>
>
> It goes a away quickly, so much so that by the time I
> pull over and open the hood to see what's up I can't
> track it down. Tonight I'll look to see if any wires
> are hitting where they aren't supposed to. Maybe with
> the angle of the climb there might be relation. Other
> than that, any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Joe Merone
> CF18928
> 1974 TR6
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