[DeTomaso] Techno question: New clutch & slave adjustment

[Charles Engles]

Dear Forum,


             I just had a new clutch and pressure plate installed in my Pantera and now I have shifting problems.

             The parts are all from PPC in Colorado.  The mechanic knows Panteras and has done this job on this car before.   I picked the car up this morning and noted that I seemed to have all gears very shortly after starting the engine and going only a short distance down the street.  By the time I had hit the superslab, I couldn't get fourth or fifth gears. Idrove it home in third.    I left it at home and went on to the office.

             This evening, I couldn't even get it into any gear.   There was fluid in the clutch master cylinder.  The free play (?) on the slave seemed too great, over a half and inch and I adjusted it to 1/16 to 1/8 by lengthening the plunger rod thingee.    Then I could shift it into gear.  A very short test drive showed that I had all the gears,  however with a longer test drive, fourth and fifth went away again.  The slave cylinder area is dry without suspicious fluid.

              Is this still just an adjustment problem with the slave cylinder and a brand new clutch?   Should I continue tweaking it to obtain full function or is that the wrong approach?


                           Road trip on Friday!, Chuck Engles