Hello,
I have a 65 original Mustang hardtop I bought three years ago.
The valvetrain, and drivetrain is all original; all the components are original also.
The car has a 289, 2barrel, with the T10 Borg - Warner 4 speed transmission. I am writing these because these aspects may a source of the problem.
6 months after I bought the car, as I was shifting from from 4th to 3rd, the I heard a 'clang' and the clutch pedal moved to the right; I could not change gears; I managed to get the car home, and later found out that the spring that holds the clutch pedal to the brake pedal had broken off.
I towed the car to my mechanic, who managed to get another spring, and managed to get the spring in between the clutch and brake pedals, to fix the problem. It took him around 1hour to do.
One year later, the same thing happened; as I was driving down the road, I heard a 'clang' and again, same issue.
I had the car towed again to the mechanic, who this time, in order to re-align the spring and brake pedals, was required to pull out the clutch spring (the big heavy spring, located on top of the clutch, that's behind the dash). It took him almost a day to fix.
I asked him why this keeps happening, and told me that the T10s by design (being sidewinders - compared to the latter toploaders) are not very user friendly, as well as the fact that in 65, Ford designed the clutch pedals to be an add on to the brake pedal, meaning that they are not independently held. And the only way the clutch pedals are held in place, is by a steel clip, that under heavy use will break.
So he put in a bigger clip, to make sure it will not break in the near future.
Guess what happened last night? I broke again.
Which leads me to my question:
- I have read and researched of full size 63 and 64 Galaxies with R Code 427s and T10 4 speeds, I have read of Shelby Mustangs with 4 speed T10s, how is it that I somehow keep braking that clip?
- Is this something that is inherently faulty with my original transmission/clutch combo?
- What can I do to make sure this type of thing does not happen again? I want to take my car on a long drive at some point, and am afraid, I'm going to stranded in the middle of nowhere.
Any help on this matter is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
I have a 65 original Mustang hardtop I bought three years ago.
The valvetrain, and drivetrain is all original; all the components are original also.
The car has a 289, 2barrel, with the T10 Borg - Warner 4 speed transmission. I am writing these because these aspects may a source of the problem.
6 months after I bought the car, as I was shifting from from 4th to 3rd, the I heard a 'clang' and the clutch pedal moved to the right; I could not change gears; I managed to get the car home, and later found out that the spring that holds the clutch pedal to the brake pedal had broken off.
I towed the car to my mechanic, who managed to get another spring, and managed to get the spring in between the clutch and brake pedals, to fix the problem. It took him around 1hour to do.
One year later, the same thing happened; as I was driving down the road, I heard a 'clang' and again, same issue.
I had the car towed again to the mechanic, who this time, in order to re-align the spring and brake pedals, was required to pull out the clutch spring (the big heavy spring, located on top of the clutch, that's behind the dash). It took him almost a day to fix.
I asked him why this keeps happening, and told me that the T10s by design (being sidewinders - compared to the latter toploaders) are not very user friendly, as well as the fact that in 65, Ford designed the clutch pedals to be an add on to the brake pedal, meaning that they are not independently held. And the only way the clutch pedals are held in place, is by a steel clip, that under heavy use will break.
So he put in a bigger clip, to make sure it will not break in the near future.
Guess what happened last night? I broke again.
Which leads me to my question:
- I have read and researched of full size 63 and 64 Galaxies with R Code 427s and T10 4 speeds, I have read of Shelby Mustangs with 4 speed T10s, how is it that I somehow keep braking that clip?
- Is this something that is inherently faulty with my original transmission/clutch combo?
- What can I do to make sure this type of thing does not happen again? I want to take my car on a long drive at some point, and am afraid, I'm going to stranded in the middle of nowhere.
Any help on this matter is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.