crowe47
New Member
- Joined
- Sep 22, 2017
- Messages
- 9
- Reaction score
- 0
- Points
- 1
- Age
- 77
- Location
- johns creek, ga
- Vehicle Year
- 1998
- Make / Model
- ford
- Engine Size
- 4.0
- Transmission
- Manual
About one month ago, started having problems with all gears and then could only go through gears with engine off. Found master cylinder reservoir completely empty and I filled almost to top. No black diaphragm found inside by the way. Then I could put into different gears and I put in reverse and there was a grinding noise when truck started moving. I let engine run in neutral for about 10 minutes to try to keep battery charged and began to smell a strange burning odor and quickly turned off engine. Is it not safe to run the engine with possible bad clutch. I should mention that transmission fluid was changed about one year ago. I have not cranked it in a couple of weeks. My mechanic cannot check it out for two more weeks and his plan is to first determine if new prefiiled master cylinder will fix the problem. He thinks it needs new clutch as well and said replacing clutch on my 4x4 truck is going to be a bear. Owned truck since new and now has 118,000 miles on it. I have driven the truck about 1500 miles in last year. Sits in my driveway most of time. I had been thinking about selling the truck and now possible need for new MC and clutch only complicates matters. Also, I had rebuilt front suspension and replaced all shock absorbers about 4,000 miles ago and both precat oxygen sensors last month with intentions of keeping truck and now another expensive repair. Trying to sell my ‘72 Cutlass that i’ve owned since new as well.