Today, I got by with a
little help from my friend...Charlie. Actually he did fuck all except drink my brews and steal an exhaust the shifty bugger but anyway, i got me g'box off and had a wee look at the clutch......I had expected worse!
Short story is that on log journeys the clutch would slip if you floored it but as long as acceleration was gentle-ish it was ok. Problem gradually got worse, with gear changing becomeing a pita (esp 1st). I adjusted the cable to give more travel at the pedal or to ensure the clutch lever was fully backed off to give max bite.
I expected a clutch worn to the rivets, but there is at least 1mm material above the rivets...also, there is a brownish tint to both on the flywheel and the clutch plate. This may of happened when I had to pull the xantia out of a ditch (
) but it was slipping before that anyway. Whilst I've got this far I'll put a new clutch in but I'm wondering if I have missed something. i don't understand why the clutch was slipping when as far as I know
1) The clutch was adjusted in order to favour friction (or have I got this arse about face?
2) There is no significant oil residue on the bell housing and no sign of it on the clutch itself
Does the flywheel have a 'wear limit' and could it be beyond this? If so, what do I measure to determine if it's worn/ok?
This car is FTW,....Ive trawled the car thro streams and mud and fields and although mechanically maintained, it's had a bit of stick over the years and hawled my ass over to holland a good few times and it is still in a good enough state to be treated like a dirty bitch for a few more years yet!
....There he goes, one of God's own prototypes, a high powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production......too weird too live.....and too rare to die
Not me mate. Docs gonna do all the work, he loves ![[weld]](./images/smilies/weld.gif "worms"){kind=small}
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it's better, no, much better than I thought. Behind the front wings it needs nearly fuck all. The strut mounts seem ok (although I've not removed the struts to look), the sills are ok, there are no holes where the A pillar curves to meet the wing, no holes through to the wash bottles! The rear needs some patching but nothing too serious. I shall bore you with pics.. 
Possibly some more tin round the bumper slidy black clippy retainer thing
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