[DeTomaso] Clutch problems when engine is hot

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

Okay I am awake over here....I quess it could be the fluid as Mike suggested assuming you had just run Nurburgring or Le Mans circuits.... otherwise I think you can check that off as a problem ;-]> 
 
Assuming adjustment on slave is good then it could be the slave is going bad - bad or leaking. When mine went it got progressively  worse and we were at the SORC with Rowdy and Godfather. We ran anyway and finished doing powershifts ;-]>
 
PS If you get Motul brake fluid get a couple sponsor decals because that stuff is 
expensive. ;-]>

Mad Dawg Antenucci 
Team Pantera Racing 
The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing 
www.teampanteraracing.com

--- On Fri, 9/10/10, mikeldrew at aol.com <mikeldrew at aol.com> wrote:


From: mikeldrew at aol.com <mikeldrew at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Clutch problems when engine is hot
To: charlesmccall at gmail.com, detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Friday, September 10, 2010, 12:21 PM


Charlie,

You wrote:



This ONLY happens when engine bay temps are high. Any suggestions or
theories as to what is happening?

  >>>If you overheat your brakes, the pedal turns to mush.  Once they 
cool down the pedal is back to normal.  Sounds like the same pathology 
here, although it's unusual to see it in a clutch system.  I would 
guess perhaps you have excessive air in the line?  (ANY air is 
excessive air).  I would not assume the guys who put your car back 
together a few months ago, used quality brake fluid in the clutch 
system, or knew how to properly bleed a clutch. So I would just dump 
the fluid and start over from scratch, using some known good quality 
stuff, such as ATE fluid, or Castrol.  You want DOT 3 or DOT 3/4.

Mike
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