Change your own clutch..........

[rod bender]

Another question. The three lugs around the edge of the pressure plate are not supposed to contact the edge of flywheel when bolted to it are they?

[Gt-Addict]

Another question. The three lugs around the edge of the pressure plate are not supposed to contact the edge of flywheel when bolted to it are they?

I want to say that you are referring to the "dowel pins";..and yes, they are, suppose to lign up. Fywheel to pressure plate...assuming this is what you are talking about.

http://forums.probetalk.com/showthread.php?t=1701211996

[rwo93pgt]

What's the Ford book time for that clutch job, 8 hours?

[rod bender]

Nope, not dowels.

96KL - No, not the dowel pins. Slightly before each bolt hole is a part of the pressure plate that is cast iron. Kinda square is shape and about 1/2 inch in width. Kind of a tab. There are three of them equally spaced around the plate and it is part of the machined iron ring the face of which engages the clutch disc itself. It is where the pressure plate is riveted to the face. The instruction sheet for one of the clutch kits I looked at said I should bolt it to the flywheel and if the edge of it touched the flywheel I should grind it just enough not to make contact. The South Bend Clutch I bought did not have that in its instructions, but it did touch and I ground that down accordingly.

[rod bender]

Another question. I can not get the proper pedal free play. With the new clutch installed and the clutch pedal at the proper distance given in Haynes' manual and the clutch rod at its maximum length, there is still nearly two inches of free play instead of the 1/8 inch it is supposed to have. I had this same problem with the previous clutch after I replaced the master and slave cylinder and bled them several times. Then I ended up making a spacer to fit in the boot of the slave to effectively lengthen the rod. Is my problem air in the system? At that time, after making the spacer everything seemed to work fine. Now, I have not gotten everything else ready in order to try it out.

[Pieterprobe]

thanks! very good thread.

[probe-gt]

this should come handy when I replace my clutch here in the nxt few months, thanks.

[varneraa]

Awesome post

Thanks! I'm sure I'll need this soon.

[Bradley in DC]

This is brilliant, thanks! On my list.

[jdonnell]

Glad this archive still exist. I was quoted $854 to do the clutch job excluding resurfacing the flywheel. Screw that. I plan to do this myself in the fall. Throwout bearing (I think) sounds like a chirping bird.

[J_Unit]

Glad this archive still exist. I was quoted $854 to do the clutch job excluding resurfacing the flywheel. Screw that. I plan to do this myself in the fall. Throwout bearing (I think) sounds like a chirping bird.

Yea I used this post too, along with my Haynes book, I probably would of never attempted it without this post as I've never done a trans job before. I remember seeing this post when browsing for other things and thinking man I hope I never have to do that, well the day came.

Anyway I would recommend a Transmission Jack if you are doing it alone unless you are Hulk like. It makes a huge difference.

Also if I were you I would change all 5 motor mounts while the trans is out if they are old. Well all 4 while it's out, change the one on the passenger side when you have it all back together.

[browncoat4ak]

Hey, you forgot to mention some of us have to remove the splash shield. At least one 22 year old car still has all her plastic! Also when working on the CV axle I don't generally remove the 12mm ABS sensor bolts (that have a reputation for breaking), pulling the line off the strut and the 10mm nuts in the fender well gives me enough room to work. (Though I suppose if the 10mm nuts aren't rusted I really shouldn't be worried about the 12mm sensor bolts...)

[TravisWilliams_GT]

Yes. That would negate the concern of the 12mm bolts.

[DatVash]

And to think I'll have to be doing this soon too. An I just put in a whole new Rack and as of yesterday a new Power Steering Pressure line.