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Apr 2, 2010 | 10:20 AM

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MagKarl

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Man, I don't want electric fuel if it's going to snowball into a new clutch kit, up-pipes, etc. Too spendy for me.

Apr 2, 2010 | 12:00 PM

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He had an oopsie. You shoudln't have to worry bout all that. Just the way the valley works, it dumps everything right down behind the flywheel/flexplate out to the starter.

Apr 2, 2010 | 03:42 PM

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He had an oopsie. You shoudln't have to worry bout all that. Just the way the valley works, it dumps everything right down behind the flywheel/flexplate out to the starter.

Exactly. I ran the truck pretty hard the day before for 3-4 hours and didn't have a problem.

Apr 3, 2010 | 09:57 AM

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Clearly my sarcasm was missed in a failed attempt at humor fellas.

Apr 7, 2010 | 06:25 AM

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Well.. clutch is shot. The throw-out bearing started squeaking lastnight and now it won't go into reverse.

I have to drive it the 150 miles back home somtime. Hopefully it's ok to make it that far.

Apr 7, 2010 | 09:51 AM

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Sucks to hear that Farm, what a can of worms.

Apr 8, 2010 | 12:04 AM

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i wouldn't think the clutch itself is shot unless you've been slipping it a lot. mine still lasted quite a ways. if it does crap out on you on the drive back you can still drive it without the clutch if you have to. you should know how to make that happen... just sucks that it happened. i figured the bearing would be screwed big time, but not the clutch itself. call and talk to DAN tomorrow. tell him what happened and tell him what the clutch is doing. You might be surprised at how well Valair customer service is.

at least you don't have much to replace. just bearings and possibly the clutch disc, but that's not too bad. the expensive part is the pressure plate and flywheel probably. doubt you would need a new pressure plate, but he may want you to change it anyways. then you gotta get the flywheel resurfaced... what a PITA..