DrDuc aka Bad Luck and Trouble

[DrDuc]

Put a new fuel filter and fixed a poor negative ground on Friday and it was running great. Was on my way out to the picnic and the clutch pedal got closer and closer to the floor until it stopped working at all. Pulled off the highway just passed Ft McDowell Casino and didn't find any leaks so called for a tow. All the nice members who drove by stopped and asked if they could help- nothing to do. Did meet some people I hadn't met before. Thanks to everyone who stopped and to Bruce B for his input via phone. One of my past employee's dad owns All Over Towing company so they had a truck out very quickly and took it over to Charlie's. He was there working on a car so I dropped it off and put it indoors. Will hopefully have it back in a day or two. Seems to be the clutch master or slave. With luck, it should be running soon and ready for Route 66. Sorry I missed the picnic- hope you all had fun! Still waiting to hear if Brown's will make good on breaking the tranny.

[moore_rb]

Originally Posted by DrDuc

Seems to be the clutch master or slave.

If the master is what went bad, then just replace them both.

If the master goes out, then it's only a matter of time before the slave goes, too; so it's cheap insurance to just pay the extra $150 or so in parts and labor to replace them together.

if it was just the slave that went out, and the master is still ok, then you can probably get away with just replacing the slave alone, and doing a good flush out on the system.

That's free advice, Doc... and worth every penny