Roobus
Orange "K"rusader
I've been driving the X to work, and everything seemed great, so I decided for the 4th weekend to drive it 200 miles to my friends place for a fun weekend on the water riding jet skis. It ran and drove great on the way over. On the way back, it was running great until I had to slow down to get onto the Interstate. Downshifted into second, and all seemed good and I was gaining speed on the on ramp, make the shift into 4th ('78 1300 4sp) and it just looses power, won't gain speed and it appeared that the rpm's stayed kind of high. I downshift and still no power, and now I smell smoke. I pull over and check things out. It kind of smelled like the brakes were stuck and smoking, but my guess was the clutch, just had that smell of really hot brakes. Does the clutch get that smell if really hot? Oil on the clutch? Pretty new to the X, so any diagnosis help is appreciated.
Made a call to the brother-in-law who came and rescued me with a car hauler as I didn't want to drive it not knowing. Got it home off the car hauler and I was able to drive it no problem around the block. Could this be just an adjustment issue, or would you imagine that the clutch is shot and need replacement? I suppose the clutch could be on the verge of going, and this is the start. Anyone have a similar situation? Any ideas? I thank you in advance. Hoping to dig into it next weekend, or at least order parts, but hoping someone might have an idea. I know it's hard to diagnose without actually seeing the car and I won't be able to answer questions until tomorrow afternoon.
Gerald
Made a call to the brother-in-law who came and rescued me with a car hauler as I didn't want to drive it not knowing. Got it home off the car hauler and I was able to drive it no problem around the block. Could this be just an adjustment issue, or would you imagine that the clutch is shot and need replacement? I suppose the clutch could be on the verge of going, and this is the start. Anyone have a similar situation? Any ideas? I thank you in advance. Hoping to dig into it next weekend, or at least order parts, but hoping someone might have an idea. I know it's hard to diagnose without actually seeing the car and I won't be able to answer questions until tomorrow afternoon.
Gerald