|
Author
|
Topic: Need Clutch Help FAST!!!
|
69 Sportsroof
Gearhead Posts: 1214
From: Valley, Alabama, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
|
posted 10-15-2002 06:51 PM
   
My clutch spring wasn't broken as I had suspected. The clutch rod fell out. I found the rod and the worn out bushing but no clip. I can get a new bushing and clip but what holds the rod to the clutch fork? My Haynes manual shows a small spring but there's not enough detail to tell how it connects. There isn't anywhere on the rod to connect a spring. Please Help!!!Thanks.
IP: Logged |
Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 19751
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
|
posted 10-15-2002 07:44 PM
The rod has has a pointed end on the fork side that just sits in the depression of the fork.  ------------------
Alex Denysenko
Co-Administrator and Moderator NHRA/IHRA/SRA member and licensed Superstock driver
MCA member# 53321
NHRA and IHRA SS/LA National Record Holder '00, '01, & '02
Fleet of FoMoCo products including 88 ASC McLaren Mustang #28
Professional Manwhore
The Barry of BarrysGrrl Quote #1: "I never met a magazine mechanic I liked."
Quote #2: "Make sure brain is in gear before engaging mouth!"
Quote #3: "If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch!"
IP: Logged |
bifs66
Gearhead Posts: 169
From: Maryland
Registered: Apr 2000
|
posted 10-15-2002 08:02 PM
I have a small spring that connects between the Z-bar and the clutch fork. It holds the pointed rod in place on the fork by keeping tension on it.------------------
Bernie Frank
66 Fastback restomod project
85 GT (preserved)
82 GT (original)
IP: Logged |
69 Sportsroof
Gearhead Posts: 1214
From: Valley, Alabama, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
|
posted 10-15-2002 08:46 PM
Thanks for the input. Come to find out, no one around here has the bushing and the clip. Looks like I'm going to have to order them.
IP: Logged |
bibbs68
Gearhead Posts: 1113
From: Jackson, TN
Registered: Sep 2000
|
posted 10-16-2002 09:13 AM
Sportsroof, try this out: http://www.mustangsteve.com/ ------------------
Jeremy
'68 Coupe
M&M Member #685
MCA Member #49134
Help make the world a better place, drive a Ford and race a slot car!
IP: Logged |
69 Sportsroof
Gearhead Posts: 1214
From: Valley, Alabama, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
|
posted 10-16-2002 10:13 PM
Well, I ordered the bushing and clip, along with a few other things, from NPD this morning. Said they'd be here Friday. In the mean time, I bought some brass door hinge bushings, press nuts and hairpin clips and did me a little engineering. Had to drill out the bushing two drill bit sizes larger to get it to fit on the clutch rod but everything slipped together nicely. Been cruising around town this evening. There's one good thing about dim lights on early Mustangs - no one really notices when your driving with highbeams only. 
IP: Logged |
Mustangsandmore Forums
UBBFriend: Email This Page to Someone! 
