I have had oil leak from the rear main bearing seal but it never got onto
the clutch lining. It runs down the back of the block, protected by the
spinning flywheel and the oil can't get to the lining side.
I've also had oil leak from the seal for the input shaft on the front of the
gearbox. This causes all kinds of oil to get spun around inside the bell
housing. This can get on the lining.
Both will appear dripping out the bottom of the bellhousing.
Don Elliott, 1958 TR3A
Montreal, Canada
Mark Hooper <mhooper@pixelsystems.com> answered
> Do you have any oil dripping out of the transmission bell housing? I was
> wondering if your rear engine seal is a little leaky and letting some oil
> get on the clutch plate. Can't imagine how the oil would "round the bend"
> from the engine side of the flywheel to the back, but that would explain
the
> slipping.
>
> Mark
jack williams [mailto:jackandangie@attbi.com] asked
> Okay, I was going out to eat in my '76 TR6 (non overdrive) and while
sitting
> in traffic I noticed that it would slip in second gear when I put some
> strain on it much to my dismay. I went on to dinner and when we got
through
> eating, the only thing I could make slip was the tires as they began to
burn
> rubber. Any Ideas? I thought that maybe for some reason the clutch rod was
> getting stuck. Is there an adjustment? I checked my manual but it only
shows
> adjustments for TR4's with threaded pushrods.
>
> Jack
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