Pulled the engine out today.
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Pulled the engine out today.
The clutch went "south" on Friday with only 18k on it and not abused. Since I have a set of WP heads and XE268 cam my son and I went out to the garage and pulled the motor out. It took us about 5-6 hours to get everything out. The clutch doesn't look bad but I don't have any specs on the thickness of the disc. When we lifted the engine the drivers side motor mount dropped to the floor. The rubber was sheared in half, I know why the new headers have a dipple in them now :mad
Tomorrow I'll drop the tranny and take a look in the side cover for sycro wear. Never ending saga :lol:
Gary
Tomorrow I'll drop the tranny and take a look in the side cover for sycro wear. Never ending saga :lol:
Gary
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Re: Pulled the engine out today. (gtr1999)
Do you think the motor mount had anything to do with the premature failure of the clutch? Maybe it cocked the engine just enought to throw things out of whack. Just a thought.
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Re: Pulled the engine out today. (sd pacecar)
SD-No I don't think the mount was the cause of the clutch. I installed new bushings on the Hurst shifter this week. I test drove the car without the boots in the console. I was able to look at the tranny while driving. I notice the tranny torqued to the right when starting off. The engine,bellhousing, and tranny all moved together. the clutch started pop when I pressed on the pedal, every so often at first but almost every time while driving yesterday.
Gary
Gary
