Mr_C
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- My Car
- 71 mustang Convert 351C 2V
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I have a 71 convertible, 351c 2v, 3 speed, car. It was a fairly optionless car (manual drum, manual steering, 3 speed, etc) but between me and the previous owner, it is finally coming around (power steering, disk brakes, and power brakes and 4 speed toploader being installed now).
My current problem with the car is the clutch assembly seems to return to about 80% of the way up and then sort of hangs there. If you pull it back with your foot it will snap up and bang fairly hard. At this point, the clutch pedal is a few inches higher than the brake brake pedal, which seems wrong. I previously thought it was just missing a rubber bump stop, but now I don't think so, After looking under the dash, it appears someone else has tried to fix this issue by adding an extra spring, but that didn't really help.
Tonight I started pulling the dash apart to do a bunch of upgrades. I have to take a lot of this apart to switch over to the power brake pedal assembly, so now is the time to look at the clutch issue also.
Additionally, I recently purchased a 4 speed toploader to swap out the factory 3 speed. I have been operating under the assumption that all of the clutch linkage will work with either tranny, but I may be completely wrong here. The tranny I have originally came out of a 72 mustang, but it wasn't in that vehicle when I bought it so I don't specifically have the clutch linkage parts that came with the car, and the parts I do have may or may not have come from this vehicle.
So, my questions are...
Is this a known issue with the clutch that has a solution?
Do I need to get any other parts for the clutch before installing the 4 speed?
I am currently fixing some things on the dash and installing the brake booster/pedal. I had planned on completing that project before starting the tranny swap, but I don't want to have to dig under the dash twice if it can be avoided.
And a pic of the car in question just to make my post more interesting....
thanks,
My current problem with the car is the clutch assembly seems to return to about 80% of the way up and then sort of hangs there. If you pull it back with your foot it will snap up and bang fairly hard. At this point, the clutch pedal is a few inches higher than the brake brake pedal, which seems wrong. I previously thought it was just missing a rubber bump stop, but now I don't think so, After looking under the dash, it appears someone else has tried to fix this issue by adding an extra spring, but that didn't really help.
Tonight I started pulling the dash apart to do a bunch of upgrades. I have to take a lot of this apart to switch over to the power brake pedal assembly, so now is the time to look at the clutch issue also.
Additionally, I recently purchased a 4 speed toploader to swap out the factory 3 speed. I have been operating under the assumption that all of the clutch linkage will work with either tranny, but I may be completely wrong here. The tranny I have originally came out of a 72 mustang, but it wasn't in that vehicle when I bought it so I don't specifically have the clutch linkage parts that came with the car, and the parts I do have may or may not have come from this vehicle.
So, my questions are...
Is this a known issue with the clutch that has a solution?
Do I need to get any other parts for the clutch before installing the 4 speed?
I am currently fixing some things on the dash and installing the brake booster/pedal. I had planned on completing that project before starting the tranny swap, but I don't want to have to dig under the dash twice if it can be avoided.
And a pic of the car in question just to make my post more interesting....
thanks,