[Spits] Clutch judder

[Douglas Braun]

This is a '71?  Did you ever park the car on a steep hill pointing
down, or jack the rear end way up?  The transmission does not have a
real oil seal at the front, and if the car is tipped enough,  and the
transmission oil can leak out around the input shaft and onto the
clutch.

This happened to me about 8 years ago, and I had the same symptoms you
have.  The fix was
to rev up the engine and smoke the clutch a few times.  It hasn't
given me a bit of trouble since then.

Doug Braun
'72 Spit

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 1:58 AM, Stuart Greenwood <sagreenwood at att.net>
wrote:
> I reconditioned my engine and fitted a new clutch 7500 miles ago. The
clutch
> has started to judder badly and I have to use more than the normal amount
of
> revs to get away smoothly in 1st and 2nd gear.
> I don't rhink rhat it's due to
> oil leaking from either the gearbox or the engine getting on the clutch
plate.
> The engine mounts don't look too bad... haven't looked at the gearbox mount
> yet... all were new 7500 miles ago.
> What other causes  might there be?
>  Stuart a Greenwood
> 71 Mk IV Spitfire, 71Mk 1 Stag
> _