I purchased 2 Deuces today from Gov Liquidation in Barstow (35 Miles from home) and drove one all the way home. The other had to be towed. My gracious father inlaw drove the one that seemed to have a weak clutch. Pedal was light and appeared to be mis-adjusted. It would not disengage until it was almost all the way out. After a long steep hill he lost his ability to maintain 50 mph. We pulled over and did a quick check. I found some graphite material coming out of the bell housing drain hole and a small amount of what appears to be 90 weight oil. After trying to drive on the truck would go into gear but acted as if the clutch was engaged. After an hour of cooling off, it would move as if someone was riding the clutch only in low range. I believe the clutch is smoked! My question is, do you believe the cause to be a bad clutch to start with - possibly mis-adjusted; We had driven approximately 15-20 miles at this point. Another consideration I had was the transmission built up pressure causing the front seal to fail leaking a small amount of gear oil onto the clutch causing slippage and heat and...... Saturday will be the first chance I get to look over our acquistions and I plan on checking the fliud level on the transmission to see if it went down from the initial level. How hard/ie....(heavy) is this aircraft carriers transmission to pull and replace the clutch? What TM and would walk me through this procedure?
I apologize for the long ramble. Pretty excited about these things. Don't know the year yet, will post pictures this weekend. They both are turbo'd!
Also, the master cylinder on the same unit was bone dry... It had brakes. I added fluid and checked for leaks ie.(lines, wheel cylinders) but nothing. Could the air assist somehow blow the fluid out past the vent line? OR???
I apologize for the long ramble. Pretty excited about these things. Don't know the year yet, will post pictures this weekend. They both are turbo'd!
Also, the master cylinder on the same unit was bone dry... It had brakes. I added fluid and checked for leaks ie.(lines, wheel cylinders) but nothing. Could the air assist somehow blow the fluid out past the vent line? OR???