[DeTomaso] of Clutches, pilot bearings and cooling systems, another update on 5533
Asa Jay Laughton
asajay at asajay.com
Sat May 23 02:00:53 EDT 2009
I should clarify that the mud appearing fluid came out when draining the
system at the lowest part of the tubes under the car. The swirl tank
itself was nice and clean on the inside. I fear the undercar pipes, and
other connecting pipes are full of junk. Sorry for any confusion.
Asa Jay
Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
1971 Mach I Mustang [ASA JAY]
1973 Pantera L 5533 [ASASCAT]
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Asa Jay Laughton wrote:
> The side of this mountain is getting slick and all I can see are sharp
> pointy rocks at the bottom.
>
> Ever try to pull a needle pilot bearing out of a crankshaft? Well I can
> tell you with a brand new pilot bearing puller, it comes out easy. We
> couldn't find a tap large enough or any other method mentioned
> previously, so I sucked it up, bought a new tool and it came out in
> about two minutes. <sigh>
>
> So in went the new bearing, the new clutch disc and the new McLeod
> pressure plate. After searching for about 30 minutes, looking for
> pressure plate to flywheel torque specs and -not- finding them in in any
> deTomaso/Ford literature, I turned to my shop manuals for 1973 Ford,
> Volume 1, turned to the clutch section and found what I was looking
> for. Okay, so now -thats- done.
>
> Do I install the ZF or since I have better access to the swirl tank with
> it out.....
> Yea, pull the swirl tank.
>
> Short story... YUCK. I got a lot of good green fluid out, but I also
> got a lot of something that looked like mud. I procured all replacement
> hoses last summer so I'm good there, but boy it's starting to look like
> I better run something through all the pipes. <sigh>
>
> Got the bulkhead cover pulled off in preparation of doing some work
> through the firewall. Amazing enough I can get mine out without
> removing any seats, which is really cool.
>
> I didn't get near as far as I wanted to today for having taken a Friday
> off. Oh well. I have three more days.
>
> Asa Jay
>
> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>
> & Shelley Marie
> Spokane, WA
>
> 1971 Mach I Mustang [ASA JAY]
> 1973 Pantera L 5533 [ASASCAT]
>
> ******************************
> http://www.asajay.com
> http://www.teampanteraracing.com
>
>
>
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