To drain and refill clutch fluid:

1. Car in neutral, brakes on, ignition off. However, if you have a battery kill switch, this must to turned to ON. You need power to the starter.

2. Open hood and find inspection window on the driver's side of the engine (unless you're in England, then it's passenger side!).

3. Remove solenoid rear cap, tap button lightly so flywheel revolves until one of the two hex plugs appears in the inspection window next to the starter. (If you have a solenoid with no remote button in the back, you could possibly remove the spark plugs and turn the motor by hand.)

4. Place a small oil pan on garage floor directly under the inspection window, to catch the old Hudsonite you'll drain.

5. Unscrew & remove plug in flywheel, trying NOT to drop the plug down into flywheel cover below. One method is to stuff rags around the plug so that, if dropped, it will fall into the rags. Remember to remove the rags after this operation, however!)

6. Tap solenoid button again, or hand-rotate flywheel, until the stamped "star" appears in the inspection hole. This indicates that the open hole (from which you just removed the plug) is at the 6 o'clock position, and the Hudsonite is draining out into the pan. Or onto the garage floor, if you forgot to place the pan under the car.

7. After a minute or two, tap solenoid button again until the open hole again appears in the inspection window. Old oil is now drained. (You can measure what drains out into the pan to calculate how much has leaked since the last refill.)

8. Insert 6 oz. of Hudsonite or other clutch fluid into the hole. If rags are to be inserted (to catch plug), insert them now. Replace plug in flywheel and tighten. Remove rags.

9. Job done. Replace solenoid cap on starter.

NOTES
1. If the hex plug drops, it's not the end of the world. Two bolts hold the flywheel cover on, and it will come off in a jiffy. It just slows things down a bit if you drop the plug.

2. Any auto parts store will have some sort of funnel or device for inserting the Hudsonite. Take a look next time you're out. I use a little plastic funnel to which a short length of plastic hose has been attached. The hose, of course, must be of small enough diameter to fit into the hole once you've removed the plug.

3. Hudsonite is available from Doug Wildrick. Optionally, you can use Dexron III automatic transmission fluid, but I think Doug's is better 'cause it's brewed up for Hudsons and he'd put some stuff in it that seemed to help my clutch chatter.

Jon:
Thank you so much. Again, the experience and willing to share information is a testament to the great club members.

I certainly appreciate the information. Thanks again, Don Brown