I bought a 88 Gt Conv. from a guy on the east coast of FL. I am a up and coming mustang mechanic (lol a beginner, not a pro) I was driving it home to the west coast of FL. The transmission locked up and had to tow home. Put a new (used) t5 trans, new RAM clutch kit (disk, pressureplate, throwout bearing, pilot bearing), resufaced flywheel (with .05 shim), and steeda clutch cable, quadrant, firewall aduster. The trans will not go into gear while the car is running. With the rear end up, I can start the car in gear, with the clutch in, and have the back tires spin. The trans will go into different gear while doing this. The clutch cable is tight. I've adjusted it little by little, until the clutch fork would not go any further (fork is hitting the bell housing when the clutch is depressed) I have gone back to removing and reinstalling everything all the way down to the flywheel 3 times already with this issue. Checked everything possible (So can think). One of the times when removing the trans I kept the bell housing on and pushed the clutch in to watch the pressure plate action (the disk came loose off the flywheel and was able to move around). Throwout bearing is on properly (bigger side faceing the pressure plate). Disk is on properly (flywheel side on the flywheel). Only thing possible that I can be doing wrong and I cant see this being the problem, is I do not have a torque wrench for the pressure plate. I am going by good feel that all the bolts are at 25pds. Any suggestions would be apprieciated. I really need to get this car running as my other car is about to take a crap. Thanks in advance.
The clutch kit did not come with one (although the kit from american muscle said it was suppose to). I picked up napa part b65174 (clutch pilot bearing for 302 motor).
q: IF I were to take everything back out all the way to the flywheel (just to check, again) The pilot bearing is suppose to spin freely, right?
I used the shim to compensate for the material that was machined off in case it was taken down too far.
The different components were installed at different times after failure.
First: Tranny
Second: Clutch
Third: Shim
Forth: Cable
The clutch kit did not come with one (although the kit from american muscle said it was suppose to). I picked up napa part b65174 (clutch pilot bearing for 302 motor).
q: IF I were to take everything back out all the way to the flywheel (just to check, again) The pilot bearing is suppose to spin freely, right?
I used the shim to compensate for the material that was machined off in case it was taken down too far.
The different components were installed at different times after failure.
First: Tranny
Second: Clutch
Third: Shim
Forth: Cable