[DeTomaso] Clutch problems when engine is hot

Dave Londry davel at emspace.com
Fri Sep 10 14:56:45 EDT 2010


  Just in case he's signed off for the night Charles.
Wide Open Throttle.

As it all heats up the seal gets softer and the fluid gets thinner.
Do you perhaps see a dribble at the bellows or notice the fluid level in 
the master go down a bit?
dave

On 9/10/2010 11:42 AM, Charles McCall wrote:
> Wot's happening with the slave? (WOT is dawg for What..)
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> While it is an obvious candidate due to location, what's happening when it
> gets hot?
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> Charles McCall
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> De: Mad Dog Antenucci [mailto:teampantera at yahoo.com]
> Enviado el: viernes, 10 de septiembre de 2010 20:41
> Para: detomaso at realbig.com; Charles McCall
> Asunto: Re: [DeTomaso] Clutch problems when engine is hot
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> Clutch slave
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> Mad Dawg Antenucci
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> --- On Fri, 9/10/10, Charles McCall<charlesmccall at gmail.com>  wrote:
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> From: Charles McCall<charlesmccall at gmail.com>
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Clutch problems when engine is hot
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Friday, September 10, 2010, 11:38 AM
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> Hi all,
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> Lovely day today, so I took the Pantera to work.
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> I came home and left the car idling in the street for probably 10 minutes
> while I tried to figure out why the gate to our house wouldn't open. Engine
> coolant temp was just fine, oil temp was just fine, but the engine bay gets
> good and hot under those conditions.
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> When I got the gate and garage door open, the car ground while going into
> gear despite having the clutch pedal all the way to the floor. As I
> maneovered into the garage, I could feel the clutch engagement point moving
> - instead of engaging an inch from the top of the travel, it was now
> engaging an inch from the bottom. and then I couldn't press the clutch
> enough to get it to disengage and the car kept rolling with my foot on the
> floor.. I had to shut the engine off to get the car to stop.
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> I let everything cool off for 30 minutes and the car functioned perfectly -
> I could select every gear including reverse without the slightest grinding,
> the clutch engagement point was right where it should be. Coolant and Oil
> temp is still obviously pretty high after only sitting for a half hour, but
> the engine bay temp comes way down and that appears to be sufficient.
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> This is not an isolated event - this summer I also noticed that when the
> engine bay was good and hot I had problems selecting gears, especially
> reverse, and it was as though I had the pedal partially released despite
> having it on the floor.
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> This ONLY happens when engine bay temps are high. Any suggestions or
> theories as to what is happening?
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> Thanks!
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> Charles McCall
>
> 1985 DeTomaso Pantera GT5-S #9375
>
> "Raising Pantera Awareness Across Europe"
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