> After a while, the clutch started to develop a "judder" that hadn't been
> there before. Only apparent when engaging the clutch at lower speeds, or
> when down-shifting. I suppose that the oil from the gear box is getting
to
> the clutch and contaminating it.
If this were the case I would expect oil to be leaking from the hole at the
bottom of the bell-housing. My clutch has been tending to judder during
engagement at low revs since shortly after replacement. I just use
slightly
higher revs and live with it.
> The car often doesn't like to shift into reverse - the gears will
> grind. So I turn off the motor, shift into reverse and start it back up.
> Inconvenient, but I can't see destroying it. Other times it shifts right
> into reverse no problem. At times, the shifter is a bit "sticky", hard to
> get into first or forth, but no grinding or gnashing of gears whatsoever.
If reverse grinds that indicates the clutch hasn't fully disengaged. Check
the travel of the slave piston, it should be about 1/2". Less than this
and
it needs bleeding. If you have this travel, and if the 'biting point' is
what you would describe as 'normal' when compared to other cars then that
indicates some mechanical problem with the clutch. My factory V8 does
exactly what you describe when used infrequently, sometimes I cannot get it
into 1st or 2nd and have to get it rolling in3rd. Lack of use is the
reason, a bit of clutch slip or a good long hard drive 'fixes' it for a
while.
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