3 hours from home with a TOB problem, please tell me what to do!!

[RGurleyJr]

Here's the deal, I'm at a training school 170 miles from home and my noisy TOB is making an awful grinding, whining, and a loud metal rubbing noise once the pedal is pressed down, it gets worse the further down I press it, it's ear picering loud, the car acts like it wants to die too. For a month, it had the usual Ford TOB whine and and slight rubbing noise most of our cars have, but nothing like this. I'm not paying someone to tow it 3 hours and I'm not paying someone to fix it here. I have a friend's house in town I can park it, but I won't be able to fix it this weekend, I would have to come back and fix it next weekend. My question is, has anyone had a TOB fail and how long was it after the noise started? I know this sounds stupid but I wonder how long it has? I really want to drive the car home so I can fix it right away instead of having to spend $50 in gas and two days here. Any advice on that? Is there a write-up with step by step instructions on how to remove the T-45 on a 98 GT? Please people, help a stuck brother out, I want to go home!

 

[svtpower]

here

Man, that sucks.

Here is some step by steps for pullin the tranny in an 89, yours should be almost exactly the same though.

http://www.cartechbooks.com/vstore/showdetl.cfm?DID=6&Product_ID=2555&CATID=21

It's not a quick procedure though...

Good luck.

 

[mrvax]

I had a 5.0 one went on. The noise got worse and it began to slip. As time went on, it slipped so bad, the clutch couldn't engage. So 1st gear was like revving in neutral. What I would do? I'd try to drive it home if it ain't all the way broke. Avoid shifting as much as possible. Do mostly highway if you can.

 

[blacksheep-1]

So it's the throw out bearing and not actually the clutch? In other words the thing only goes crazy when you step on the clutch pedal?