I took the Patrol out a couple of days ago down to our local river banks here - mild off-road conditions (rock, gravel, slight incline, etc.). Nothing requiring 4L to get out to. When we packed up to leave the river, the ol' Troll was on a slight incline and had to start from a dead stop on the incline which was all solid rock. Stupid me didn't think about putting it into 4H, because I drove out in 2WD. But the Patrol wanted to stall going up the slight incline, so I gunned it and made it up with some tire spin. As soon as I cleared the incline, I could smell the clutch - hot and acrid. It drove fine the rest of the way home, I parked it and it cooled off and the smell went away.

2 days later I'm driving it in normal conditions and I start to smell the clutch again - very, very faint in the cabin, but step out near the front wheels and it's noticeable. It's more pronounced when going up an incline, starting from a dead stop — anytime you would tend to feather the clutch.

The $6,000,000 question is this — have I fried my clutch? Is there anything I can do, short of a full clutch replacement? Any work that needs to be done would have to be done personally since our winter road is closed and access to a good mechanic won't be possible until December.

Just for the basic info - I have a 1999 GR TD6 (European model) RD28ETI, chassis #TDSY61, manual transmission, mechanical injector pump, engine completely rebuilt 4 months ago (top and bottom end).