Clutch Woes Pt2

If the leak is coming from the gasket from the pressure plate to flywheel...



hate to say it, but to do it right, you need to pull that tranny out, or at least back far enough to get the pressure plate off the flywheel (which pretty much means out)



CLean that surface, maybe you want to have the pressure plate and flywheel gasket sealing surfaces checked for flattness. Either get a new gasket (Dale Cooper) or make one, and use a bit of ultra blue permatex to seal it properly. Don't use too much, you don't want it squeezing out into the clutch area. Make sure you follow the manual for how to reassemble the pressure plate to flywheel (meaning the order of torquing the bolts.... like a wheel) and you should be good to go.



The alternatiove is to keep topping it off here or there, but that sounds like a bother.



another thing I thought of after I wrote the above... is the throwout bearing has a seal on it that can and will wear, allowing hudsonite to leak from there. If you're going to pull the trans out, to do the gasket, do yourself a favor, replace the throwout bearing, (Doug Wildrick) if it is older, or the seal looks worn. Might as well kill two birds with one stone, since you already got the trans out... I wouldn't want to take it out twice.....especially if it is OD!



Sorry I don't have a quick fix solution for you.....



if it is any consolation, mine leaks hudsonite as well, maybe not near as bad, but, I'm counting down until the OD goes back in, meaning when we find the trans and driveshaft.... I might just put a new clutch in as well, I got a gasket, new throwout bearing, and a NOS clutch, that might get used.... I thin the pressure plate and flywheel are fine, but might have them checked, while I got it all apart....