I have a 1980 Datsun pickup that's been a jewel of a pickup UNTIL MY KID started driving it... :-)
The clutch is suddenly slipping pretty badly even though it appears to have good pedal action/play (you wouldn't guess there would be an issue based on the clutch pedal play).
I attribute this issue to either oil having gotten onto the clutch disk OR some issue with the hydraulic clutch mechanism.
It's had a small oil leak for sometime now. The kid at Walmart who looked at it from the pit underneath thought it was a rear main seal leaking which might explain oil on the clutch disk causing the slippage.
I've changed a lot of clutches myself years ago in my hotrods but have never done anything like this on a Datsun so am wondering if these little pickups are difficult to work on, whether 'special' tools are involved and in general, if it's something I should find an experienced 'datsun' mechanic to work on (having no idea what the level of difficulty might be on a little foreign job. TIA for any replies...