69 mustang 302 3speed
Rebuilt the motor last summer after the car had sat in the garage for 20 years, and still haven't got the car out on the road due to this clutch issue. I did a complete engine bay restoration. Replacing anything that couldn't be cleaned or refinished. I tried to find a new clutch disk to use with the original pressure plate. I could not get the clutch disk by itself so I had to just get the kit from Autozone. This came with a new diaphragm style pressure plate. Since I had to pay for it I decided to use it.
Now the clutch pedal is very strong right at the top, making the pedal hard to push down at first, and then gets much easier 1/3 of the way down. When releasing the clutch, the pedal wants to jump up right at the end. This makes for a very jumpy acceleration from a stop. It is impossible to not spin a little tire.
On a previous post, people seemed to think the problem was the large spring connected to the top of the clutch pedal underneath the dash. I removed this spring, and it was not the problem.
I disengaged the adjustment rod from the clutch fork, to test out the pedal and z bar and bushings. The pedal gos up and down nice and smooth with no effort at all. So the problem is definitely not a bushing or anything involved with the z bar.
Someone at a car show was telling me that the problem is most likely that new diaphragm pressure plate and that I should put the original 3finger back in. Something about a difference in physical thickness of the two different pressure plates.
So my question... Do you think this is the problem and I should re-install the old 3finger pressure plate? and will the new clutch disk work with the old pressure plate?
I don't get paid well at work and my dad has been laid off for 9 months so throwing money at the problem isn't an option..
please help
Rebuilt the motor last summer after the car had sat in the garage for 20 years, and still haven't got the car out on the road due to this clutch issue. I did a complete engine bay restoration. Replacing anything that couldn't be cleaned or refinished. I tried to find a new clutch disk to use with the original pressure plate. I could not get the clutch disk by itself so I had to just get the kit from Autozone. This came with a new diaphragm style pressure plate. Since I had to pay for it I decided to use it.
Now the clutch pedal is very strong right at the top, making the pedal hard to push down at first, and then gets much easier 1/3 of the way down. When releasing the clutch, the pedal wants to jump up right at the end. This makes for a very jumpy acceleration from a stop. It is impossible to not spin a little tire.
On a previous post, people seemed to think the problem was the large spring connected to the top of the clutch pedal underneath the dash. I removed this spring, and it was not the problem.
I disengaged the adjustment rod from the clutch fork, to test out the pedal and z bar and bushings. The pedal gos up and down nice and smooth with no effort at all. So the problem is definitely not a bushing or anything involved with the z bar.
Someone at a car show was telling me that the problem is most likely that new diaphragm pressure plate and that I should put the original 3finger back in. Something about a difference in physical thickness of the two different pressure plates.
So my question... Do you think this is the problem and I should re-install the old 3finger pressure plate? and will the new clutch disk work with the old pressure plate?
I don't get paid well at work and my dad has been laid off for 9 months so throwing money at the problem isn't an option..
please help