RAC68
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Hi All,
Very frustrated after a short ride and stop at a friends to, AGAIN, feel the clutch slipping quite substantially.
On April 6, I posed that I had experienced a slipping clutch and found the full level of Red Line MTL, set days before, had fallen to the half mark on the trans dip stick. As stated then, when initially installing the Red Line MTL some 5 years ago, it had leaked throuogh the "O" ring into the closed Solenoid compartment and locked up the OD. Seeing the issue, I dropped the level of RL-MTL to below the Solenoid cross-over shaft/"O" ring and continued with success until, being overconfident, I filled the OD to the FULL mark with the additional RL-MTL. After a short drive in which all was well and working properly, the car was returned to the Garage where it sat for close to a month.
When finally having good weather, I took the car for a local run and began to experience clutch slippage to the point of just making it home. After that experience I decided to return to the 30W which had performed well and without issue for the previous 30 years. After filling with the 30W Non-detergent oil, I took the Healey on 2 separate drives and all seemed well …. UNTIL Today. Though starting off as a delightful drive through the back roads of town with the Beach Boys blasting from the radio, the clutch performed well. However, when taking off , after having stopped to socialize with a local friend for 20 min., the clutch began SLIPPING quite obviously.
As a result of the original incident, I had thought the RL-MTL had leaded into the bell housing and somehow had gotten onto the clutch disk/pressure plate/fly wheel causing slippage. This would have satisfied as the reason for the slippage as RL-MTL is a slippery synthetic. However, I became unsure, after going to 3W, as all seemed good and, even if the MTL did get on the clutch surfaces, any deposits were greatly diminished and now not affecting the clutch's performance.
Today's experience is a continuation to that story and, although all seemed good for the greater portion of the drive, the clutch is again slipping.
Since, with age, I would find pulling the trans both difficult and disheartening (dismantling the interior when I finally got it as I want it), I would appreciate any thoughts and ideas to both identify and verify the cause of the issue and with suggestions for a fix (hopefully not validating the need to pull the trans).
Sorry for being so longwinded,
Ray(64BJ8P1) since new
Very frustrated after a short ride and stop at a friends to, AGAIN, feel the clutch slipping quite substantially.
On April 6, I posed that I had experienced a slipping clutch and found the full level of Red Line MTL, set days before, had fallen to the half mark on the trans dip stick. As stated then, when initially installing the Red Line MTL some 5 years ago, it had leaked throuogh the "O" ring into the closed Solenoid compartment and locked up the OD. Seeing the issue, I dropped the level of RL-MTL to below the Solenoid cross-over shaft/"O" ring and continued with success until, being overconfident, I filled the OD to the FULL mark with the additional RL-MTL. After a short drive in which all was well and working properly, the car was returned to the Garage where it sat for close to a month.
When finally having good weather, I took the car for a local run and began to experience clutch slippage to the point of just making it home. After that experience I decided to return to the 30W which had performed well and without issue for the previous 30 years. After filling with the 30W Non-detergent oil, I took the Healey on 2 separate drives and all seemed well …. UNTIL Today. Though starting off as a delightful drive through the back roads of town with the Beach Boys blasting from the radio, the clutch performed well. However, when taking off , after having stopped to socialize with a local friend for 20 min., the clutch began SLIPPING quite obviously.
As a result of the original incident, I had thought the RL-MTL had leaded into the bell housing and somehow had gotten onto the clutch disk/pressure plate/fly wheel causing slippage. This would have satisfied as the reason for the slippage as RL-MTL is a slippery synthetic. However, I became unsure, after going to 3W, as all seemed good and, even if the MTL did get on the clutch surfaces, any deposits were greatly diminished and now not affecting the clutch's performance.
Today's experience is a continuation to that story and, although all seemed good for the greater portion of the drive, the clutch is again slipping.
Since, with age, I would find pulling the trans both difficult and disheartening (dismantling the interior when I finally got it as I want it), I would appreciate any thoughts and ideas to both identify and verify the cause of the issue and with suggestions for a fix (hopefully not validating the need to pull the trans).
Sorry for being so longwinded,
Ray(64BJ8P1) since new