ummm no, thats exactly what I did.. guess thats an oops :)
hah, well I figured it was something stupid to do, and for the most part
knew something was not right. Well everyone must really realize now that
I am a total neophyte, as my disclaimer has always read.
Ok, im still of the mind that im not in too much trouble, ie. I can bleed
the oil out, clean the lines and fill it with the correct fluid? Please
correct me if im wrong.
--Chad
feeling the mighty weight of idiocy upon my shoulders.
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On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Howard Allen wrote:
> 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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