[DeTomaso] Long Week with #4268

[Art Stephens]

Donny,
     I'm using a Weber clutch and it is pretty heavy.  I do think this might 
have had something to do with my clutch lever breaking.  Next clutch will be 
lighter.
Thanks,
Art

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donny Williams" <donnylee at ccwebster.net>
To: "Art Stephens" <artstephens at charter.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Long Week with #4268


>I am thinking you might possibly want to go to a different clutch...Which
> setup are you using Your clutch pedal real heavy?  Sounds like an awful 
> lot
> of clutch parts to be breaking and I know you agree.
> I still have a stock setup in mine and no wimp of a 351 in front of it and
> have never driven through it yet.  My clutch pedal effort is far from what 
> I
> would consider heavy feeling.   And so far in 5 years never caused me any
> trouble.  Might be the fact Pantera's are only 3K lbs in weight that my
> stock clutch fits the bill even with the big HP?????
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Art Stephens" <artstephens at charter.net>
> To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 7:54 AM
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Long Week with #4268
>
>
>>     Last Wednesday I broke my clutch lever.  I got it fixed on Friday.
>> Saturday I break my throttle pedal,  (interesting drive home),  I fix 
>> that
>> yesterday.  On the test drive,  I break the push rod that goes from the
>> back of the clutch master to the clutch linkage.  It used to be about two
>> steps forward and one back,  now it is like three back and none forward!
>> What's up with that?  I think this is the second time in ten years I have
>> broken the clutch master push rod,  I'm thinking I need to beef it up,
>> any ideas?
>> Art
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