Oh that motor has much more going on than just the fan clutch.
She's on her last leg. I'm sure its the original motor, and when I got it from Jeremy she was pretty healthy but had a tick and would stumble occasionally.
I've abused her the best I could for the last 3 years. And by abuse I mean 5k clutch drops, WOT for extended periods out at Elbe. Then last summer I did a number on her at Moses Lake trying to play with the cool kids with their v6 and v8's.
And finally a few months back I was playing in a mud hole at Elbe, caked the radiator and didn't realize how hot it was. She finally blew the top of the radiator apart, thats when I shut it down.
It has low compression on #4, which I'm pretty sure are the rings. Causing the oil consumption. And I think the headgasket popped somewhere.
She's going to get a fresh motor before next summer, I just LOVE snow wheeling so I'm going to dump some sealer in her and hope that helps whatever headgasket or leak she might have. Put a $35 fan clutch in there, and keep her topped with oil and have fun snow wheeling at the back of the line.
And keep my eyes open for a good core motor to build (and by that I mean pay Gavin with food/beer and try to help him the best I can with out slowing him down).:beer:
