Chad;
I am not sure, but you make it sound like you put 80W90 gear oil in the
clutch reservoir. I hope I am misreading you here since brake fluid is
used in the reservoir. The transmission oil is totally separate from
the clutch.
Howard in Maine
Johnnie Blaze wrote:
>
> 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 @ http://www.vrk11.com/spitfire
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