[DeTomaso] Techno question: New clutch & slave adjustment

[Larry - Ohio Time Corp]

Hi Chuck,

Yes, keep tweaking. You also need to check the clearance at the flywheel. It
should be around 40 thousands. 

If you use your hand to depress the clutch, motor running, you can feel when
the throw out bearing hits the pressure plate. You want to make sure you
have free play, but a small amount. You should do this test often till
things settle down.

Did he take the arm off the clutch shaft? If so it may be a spline or two
off.

This would not have happened if you were watching the Indians win!

Larry (one more) - Cleveland



-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Charles Engles
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 11:21 PM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] Techno question: New clutch & slave adjustment

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

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