This is a '71? Did you ever park the car on a steep hill pointing down, or jack the rear end way up? The transmission does not have a real oil seal at the front, and if the car is tipped enough, and the transmission oil can leak out around the input shaft and onto the clutch.
This happened to me about 8 years ago, and I had the same symptoms you have. The fix was to rev up the engine and smoke the clutch a few times. It hasn't given me a bit of trouble since then. Doug Braun '72 Spit On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 1:58 AM, Stuart Greenwood <[email protected]> wrote: > I reconditioned my engine and fitted a new clutch 7500 miles ago. The clutch > has started to judder badly and I have to use more than the normal amount of > revs to get away smoothly in 1st and 2nd gear. > I don't rhink rhat it's due to > oil leaking from either the gearbox or the engine getting on the clutch plate. > The engine mounts don't look too bad... haven't looked at the gearbox mount > yet... all were new 7500 miles ago. > What other causes might there be? > Stuart a Greenwood > 71 Mk IV Spitfire, 71Mk 1 Stag > _ _______________________________________________ [email protected] Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual donation $11.47 Archive: http://www.team.net/archive Forums: http://www.team.net/forums Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spitfires/[email protected]
