First Time this has happened- advisce?

[FinallyGotOne]

So I was just driving home yesterday, taking it easy, not drivng hard at all, and there was a overwhelmingly strong smell coming from the car. It's a 79 911SC and that stinky clutch smell that I'd gotten a couple times when I dumped the clutch too hard. That was the smell I was experiencing on the drive home-the whole way.
What the heck would cause that?
Today I did not really notice it too bad. Today is a pretty cool day here in Denver, yesterday it was quite a bit warmer.

Could it be that the clutch is going out? it's been 7 years since the rebuild of the tranny. I'm not noticing any slipping though...?? thoughts?

[bkreigsr]

do you still have the rubber centered factory clutch?

[Craig_D]

Parking brake?

[Jerome74911S]

+1 on parking brake. Comparable smell.

[wildcat077]

The rubber centered clutch discs only came on the 87-89 G50 cars if i'm not mistaking ...
Check your wheels and see if one is way hotter than the other,you may have a sticking/dragging brake issue !

Cheers
Phil

[porwolf]

Originally Posted by wildcat077

The rubber centered clutch discs only came on the 87-89 G50 cars if i'm not mistaking ...
Check your wheels and see if one is way hotter than the other,you may have a sticking/dragging brake issue !

Cheers
Phil

My 79 SC came with a rubber centered clutch that went out after a couple of years. It is my understanding that the steel springs were introduced with the later Carreras.

[Jesse16]

My bet is parking brake or a sticking caliper. Like someone else said, after a drive you need to walk around and feel each wheel so see if one is significantly hotter than the others. Or take a sniff.
Rubber centered clutch has nothing to do with "slip". You'll either have an extremely jumpy/bouncy jerk in the driveline if the disc is partially gone (happened to me) or no go at all if it fails.

[wildcat077]

My rubber centered disc exploded on track two years ago with no warning, i was under the impression that they only came with the G50 cars to dampen vibration ... my bad !!!

Cheers
Phil

[FinallyGotOne]

Great info people, thanks! I'm goping to go drive it now and do the wheel heat check. Could very well be a sticky caliper as i do feel some noticable pull at the stop lights now. I'll be back...

[HelmetHead]

double check the required spacing on the clutch release arm/clutch cable adjustment.

[FinallyGotOne]

So justy drove around and could not get the smell to come, and when i checked the wheel temps all but the front right were slightly warm. the front right was pretty much cold.