It "ran" good, but just broke.

[351wcoupe]

Ok I pulled my trans and clutch apart tonight.I didn't see any anything that was broken, bent or not where it was supposed to be. The only thing I noticed was that the cltuch disc seemed to be stuck to the pressure plate and that was it. I guess I'll find out more when I put the new clutch in tomorrow.
Edit: further inspection 2 springs fell out after I pulled the disc apart from the pressure plate.

 

[mr_woodster]

I guess thats good news....

 

[351wcoupe]

not if I put it back together and it still does that same.

 

[misslightning]

well good news I got everything situated in the garage and got ready to leave tonight and the ignition switch broke in the cougar so its sitting out there with the windows down.

 

[351wcoupe]

ok its back together and seems to function as a clutch should ......HOWEVER... With 2 new cables and a new clutch set the pedal releases all the way at the top. I like that but only after the clutch has a few miles on it. Can I expect my cables to stretch some? or is there an adjustment on this somewhere that I missed?

 

[Stinger]

Just pull up on the pedal and it will rachet and self adjust...

 

[351wcoupe]

ok my pedal just broke off!!! Now what????








kidding I just drove it 100miles and it seems to be ok.

 

[Ray III]

For petes sake all you had to do was pull up on the pedal after messing with the cable, it adjusts automatically.

And stop buying vatozone stuff.

 

[351wcoupe]

ok so the 2 broken springs in the clutch disc would have been fixed by adjusting the pedal? Not sure how I follow that logic, but I'll try if you explain it slowly.
Stop buying autozone stuff? Thats interesting since I'm a manager there. Do you have any recommendations on a good parts store?

I ran 7.8 in the 1/8th behind a 351w with the stock replacement clutch for a 302 from autozone. They can't be that bad.

150 miles so far everythings good. chirps 4th pretty good too.

 

[351wcoupe]

Just to finalize this post as of 7:55PM 7/6/04 the car is running better than it ever has.

 

[kiddiccarus]

LOL got to love the dis'ing of an AutoZone Manager. We can turn this into a AutoZone Hate thread. Any Takers?

Ok I went into a local PsycoZone and was checking on the price of some items and well as you all know I should have bent over, slaped a combo of sand and vasaline on my behind because I was about to take it royally. After getting the qoute I asked him to call around and check the comparable price and he laughed. I called Orieliey's parts and Nappa the price was 15 dollars cheaper but a city away. He would not matche the price for me at all. I asked him why AZ was so high in price and he said plainly that they could be because well he is the manager and the city has no competition,,,,,,,,, I have news for him hmmmmmm I have been talking to a pal that is a manager for Orieliey's and there is a bran new Super Walmart and guess what a bran new Orieliey's opening at the same time. OMG some competition those prices may fall and my rear can finally be spared.

 

[351wcoupe]

hey buddy lets move this over to my thread I think it fits there.

Anyway....We are about the cheapest in the area here and nobody will price match us. If I get beat I'll match any "reasonable" in stock item. I have friends at Federated and napa so I have no problems calling around. We have a walmart just a potato gunshot away....(ask me how I know that)

 

[Ray III]

Generic stuff I go to vatozone for like supplies... but I won't trust em to give me a decent replacement part... I usually go to NAPA for stuff but they have been selling chinese trash lately so I have to open the boxes on the counter and check everything out. They tried to sell me a chinese clutch disk, maybe it would work "fine" but I'm not going to pay for foreign labor anyhow. So I left it there and I'll be using my old disk with the broken spring. For parts that absolutely HAVE to be good (like clutch cables) I go to the Ford parts counter. Like that short cable? It made more sense to buy ONE of them at Ford for 12 bucks, then to buy THREE autozone ones for 8 per.

 

[Ray III]

actually I don't even use the short cable anymore since the design is flawed to begin with... I replaced it with a proper linkage that won't break and I got pics but I'm sure no one will want to bother

 

[351wcoupe]

thats not a bad I idea. I hadn't put enough thought into it to make a solid linkage.