Ok first we used the Ford honey fluid. The install was done by my friend Keith who did the first install also. He owns a 5 bay repair shop and is a very good mechanic. The clutch was great for the first 25 miles, it engaged very smooth with no shudder in the pedal. It was driving fine came to a stop sign in town and when pushing the clutch pedel in it was hard to push down and then when released felt like it would not engage in first gear. I let all the way off the clutch it shuddered a bit and it engaged at the very top of the pedel but just enough to get rolling, any slight increase in rpm's and it slipped. I was able to limp the few blocks home at feather throttle.
The first spec clutch failed in 20,000 miles. With that one we used the resurfaced flywheel and I just assumed that I had a bad clutch or perhaps a improperly machined oem flywheel that contributed to the premature failure of the first spec..
The one installed today went in with a brand new light weight flywheel. We replaced the trans with a brand new trans at the same time because of the third gear syncro issue in the original. I would think if it was a bad release or throw out bearing it would make some noise but I dont know that for sure. There is no noise it is quiet.
This sucks!
The first spec clutch failed in 20,000 miles. With that one we used the resurfaced flywheel and I just assumed that I had a bad clutch or perhaps a improperly machined oem flywheel that contributed to the premature failure of the first spec..
The one installed today went in with a brand new light weight flywheel. We replaced the trans with a brand new trans at the same time because of the third gear syncro issue in the original. I would think if it was a bad release or throw out bearing it would make some noise but I dont know that for sure. There is no noise it is quiet.
This sucks!
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