Hello I just bought my first mustang, 1998 GT 5spd mostly stock.
The car has an adjustable clutch quadrant and the pedal engages pretty far from the floor. Which way do I need to turn the adjuster to make the clutch engage closer to the floor.
I doubt you are going to be able to adjust it to your liking. The adjust-ability is minor...to take up the slack.
What you really need to do is to see if you have an adjustable cable. Underneath the car, on the driver's side follow the clutch cable as it connects to the transmission. Just behind that entry you'll see a tin cover that is held on by 1 or 2 screws (sorry, can't recall). Remove that cover. There you'll see where the cable attaches to the clutch fork. Check to see if there is adjustability - a jam nut, a pair of nuts, etc) If so, you can effectively shorten the cable by screwing those nuts toward the front of the car. It is here where you make any large adjustments to the cable. I must point out however that many many many people report issues with these aftermarket adjustable cables. (Me included - I had one that rusted out within a year)
After removing the slack at the clutch fork, you can then move up top and make any final small adjustments at the firewall adjuster. To shorten the cable you'd turn the adjuster counter-clockwise.
I hope this helps. In the end you have to play with it to get a feel for how it works, what effects each adjustment makes, etc. There's nothing like hands-on experience. But hopeuflly I've given you something to get you started.
All that said, I doubt you'll get it adjusted where the friction point is closer to the floor. What you've described is indicitive of a worn clutch.
Welcome to StangNet and congrats on your new purchase!
Thanks for the info and pics. The adjustment makes perfect sense now.
The car has 97,000 miles and I don't know much about it's past. I will check the adjustment at the trans. If I need a clutch I will probably just drive it for the the winter and get a new one in the spring.
I have the steeda cable with firewall adjuster and can tell you that the only way to get the peddle lower to the floor is to use a peddle adjuster kit. The cable adjusters did nothing for me expect screw around with the slack in the cable.
See when you turn up the clutch adjustment on the fork in order to have it engage properly you need to adjust the firewall adjustment which undoes what you did at the other end. You might be able to get a little out of it but we couldn't get what we wanted.
Does it have a firewall adjuster? If so you can turn the adjuster in towards the firewall a few clicks (usually clockwise rotation). This will loosen the tension in the cable and lower the engagement position of the clutch pedal.
I have the steeda cable with firewall adjuster and can tell you that the only way to get the peddle lower to the floor is to use a peddle adjuster kit. The cable adjusters did nothing for me expect screw around with the slack in the cable.
See when you turn up the clutch adjustment on the fork in order to have it engage properly you need to adjust the firewall adjustment which undoes what you did at the other end. You might be able to get a little out of it but we couldn't get what we wanted.
You should make the larger adjustments at the fork, then the minor adjustments at the FW adjuster, in that order of course. If you end up undoing the adjustment when you get to the FW adjuster, you're doing it wrong.
We tried to adjust the clutch end first and let the peddle fall to were we wanted it but when we made the adjustment in FW it undoes the adjustment because it takes the slack out of the cable.
I am not sure what else we could have adjusted, what did we do wrong?