The first day out I drove, wanted to check out loads of little things. It was only days after the last tranny pull, we were still losing some gear oil into the clutch (which made for some fun hill climbing), had started to leak from the rear main on the engine (more oil on the clutch). Was probably the first time in several years (or longer) that she had run at 2400 RPM for hours and hours. That can be hard on some seals. The fuel trailer was leaking from one of the filters, a valve on the bottom to drain water would not stop draining . . . everything.

The tranny had leveled out and did not seem to be leaking, . . . but the engine was dumping oil into the clutch instead. I could tell . . . it smelled different. I checked and we were down about a gallon engine oil (about the same as being down a quart in your little personal transport). I had been waiting for this and added a gal of lucas that we were carrying. I also rigged up a way to catch the leaking filter's loss.

Today I felt that the rig was not going to have any major problems and I handed the driving over to Tuff. She got to play with the slipping clutch . . . it only happened on climbs . . ., and it was a great way to learn how NOT to slip it.