Pulled my trans, clutch, flywheel, have some clutch and oil/seal questions.

[HoLLo]

It was time to replace my chattery clutch today, that had never stopped chattering since I installed it. We never had resurfaced the flywheel the first time around, and that was my mistake. I will now get the flywheel resurfaced or just buy a new one if needed. I bought a new clutch disc to install and I figured the disc was worn down, but now I have noticed my pressure plate has a lot of hotspots in it, although it still feels smooth aside for a couple nicks in it.. The flywheel doesn't look too pretty either.

My questions are:

Will this pressure plate still work or would it need to be replaced? I have read you should not resurface a pressure plate.

Where do yall see the main cause of an oil leak. I just recently switched to synthetic and it has been leaking ever since, but I plan to go back to the conventional oil next oil change. But where exactly does it look like my oil is leaking from?

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[HoLLo]

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[Fixxer99TA]

Looks like the rear of the intake bigtime, take a better pic of that.... Looks like the classic rear intake leaking down the back of the engine/bellhousing.

EDIT : Not sure on that pressure plate, I wouldent.

[NicksTAgt]

I'm going to guess rear intake too, but thats like saying CHECK THE OPTI!!11 lol

[Fixxer99TA]

This ^ is true, but that is seriously what it looks to be.

Look how high up that oil looks to be coming from...

[HoLLo]

Is this pressure plate going to be usable at all?

[HoLLo]

Well i took my pressure plate and flywheel to get it looked at and the flywheel resurfaced today. We found the pressure plate was dished, it was a little lower towards the inner ring of the pressure plate. and the flywheel was horrible. We discussed cutting a tiny layer off the pressure plate and adjusting some of the straps. We determined one of the straps on the pressure plate was too high causing a high spot in the pressure plate on the top side where all the dark blotches are.

For $75 i got my flywheel and pressure plate resurfaced. I was nervous about getting the plate cut because of what i've read about it, but i was impressed. He said they only cut .007" off the top of the plate, but everything looks great. I installed it today and it feels good, I will just wait and see when it breaks in.

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