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| iankarr |
 Nov 7 2017, 11:36 AM
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The wrencher formerly known as Cuddy_K  Group: Members Posts: 2,480 Joined: 22-May 15 From: Heber City, UT Member No.: 18,749 Region Association: Intermountain Region 
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Hi Guys,
The engine is out on my '74 and I'll be refreshing my trans with the evil one at his clinic in December. My question is...should I replace the clutch "while I'm in there?". The car unfortunately has limited service records. It drives well and I haven't experienced any clutch-related issues so part of me is in the "if it ain't broke...." camp. Especially since I don't know if the flywheel has been previously resurfaced and buying a new flywheel probably means splitting the case so everything can be properly balanced, no? That said...the date on the pressure plate is 1991. I know the car was in long term storage before I got it, so my rough guess is that the clutch has 15K miles on it. But it IS 26 years old. One other tidbit... Although the case is original (per COA), some SOB converted it to hydraulic lifters. It runs excellent so my thinking was to just keep it that way until something wears out and I need a full rebuild. But I couuuuuld use this opportunity to go back to a good cam and solid lifters. Clearly this is a rabbit hole. Please keep me from falling in! |
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| rgalla9146 |
Nov 7 2017, 03:25 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,560 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Paramus NJ Member No.: 5,176 Region Association: None
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Clutch discs often have the date of manufacture stamped into one of the rivets or
stenciled on. There is a mjn. thickness wear limit. I think new they were 10 mm ? .....from memory. Previous cuts on the flywheel are easily determined....and often done wrong. |
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Posts in this topic
cuddyk To clutch or not to clutch Nov 7 2017, 11:36 AM
brant Stay away from the hole
If the clutch disc and fl... Nov 7 2017, 11:41 AM Dr Evil ^^^ This.
Measure the disk and flywheel, inspect... Nov 7 2017, 01:33 PM cuddyk Thanks Doc. I thought the flywheel needed to be ba... Nov 7 2017, 01:48 PM
cuddyk I suppose a good hedge would be to take off the fl... Nov 7 2017, 06:51 PM Dr Evil
I suppose a good hedge would be to take off the f... Nov 8 2017, 10:50 AM |
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