Subject: Re: clutch junk.

Author: Darrell J Dick

Date: Sep 17, 2004, 7:39 AM

Post ID: 1717547495

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yes, i am fully aware of the dilemna. i have 2 converts. i
completely
rebuilt another convert motor/transmission/clutch earlier this
year.
the plates get wet from bad seals, and slip. i've periodically
sprayed
the clutch plates down through a drain hole i drilled, but they
never
get fully clean. i was hoping to replace seals and perhaps stop the

leaking on the clutches..i was just hoping to find a short way
around
it. normally i'd just pull the motor. and flip it up (crankshaft
vertical) but it's a messy job to say the least....



Patrick Hayes wrote:

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Greg Barratt wrote:

welp, i know this is kinda off topic - i'm sick of dealing with

my

slipping convert clutch and am gonna tear it down tonite and take

a

look.

Um, do you realize that the Convert clutch is entirely different

from

the 4speed or 5speed clutches? The convert has a torque converter

attached to the flywheel. The Convert has only two gears, high

and

low, with no neutral position at all. Inside the transmission it

has

a multi-plate (I think 11 plates) clutch derived from the Nuovo
Falcone. The Convert clutch is slipping because there are fully 16

seals, gaskets, crush washers which do a poor job of retaining
fluids. Good luck.

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA

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