[DeTomaso] Techno question: New clutch & slave adjustment

[cengles at cox.net]

Dear Larry,

Thanks. I will check the flywheel clearance tonight.

Go. Indians!, Chuck Engles


---- Larry - Ohio Time Corp <larry at ohiotimecorp.com> wrote:
>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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