Here we go. One last time...
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Oh, I'd like some help. Cavalry ain't coming for another week at least. I guess I could do everything else until then.
Mike67
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I started thinking about the spring removal and Brewers suggestions... I dont know if it will work any better but it might be easier than trying to stick a dozen washers between the coils. Try using another maybe larger spring. When the pedal is depressed and the coils open up, just insert another " rebound" type spring in between the open coils...
Kinda like fighting a double spring on a throttle return...
Kinda like fighting a double spring on a throttle return...
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Today's progress was slight in productivity but harsh on me in the doing.
Item #1: hood removal
Hood on:
I lowered the hood down to where I could just barely get to the bolts on it, then removed the front bolt on each side as my wife (!) tried to hang onto the hood by the front.
Of course, I had a hand behind the corner on each side of the rear as I then took the rear bolt off each side.
Let's just say the hood hinge springs are stout on this thing. As I got the first rear bolt out, the hood then tried to wrench itself out of my wife's hands. I immediately pounced on it and forced the hinge/spring back down.
Repeated the process on the other side, this time with a death grip on the rear corner AND forcing it down at the same time.
We then grabbed it side and side and hoisted it up on the roof of the car:
It's sitting on a quilted comforter and I stuffed a blanket under the latch part as well. Gave it a good wiggle to test for stability, seems ok.
Next up was going after the dreaded clutch over-center spring.
What looked like a cute little spring in the manual turned out to be a HA-YUGE spring up under the dash.
One that nobody in this household could possibly do the washer trick on, I might add. That method looks cute when the spring is out of the car....
Anyone who does this in the future, pay attention here!
You do not need anyone to hold down the clutch pedal when the rest of the clutch is already disconnected under the car!!!!!
With the clutch rod basically flopping loose on the other end, connected to nothing, the clutch pedal can be depressed with your hand quite easily and immediately slams to the floor when you do so.
Watch your fingers!
Gigantic prybar in hand, I kneeled on the garage floor and got under there best I could and went after the spring with the pedal on the floor.
Much cursing, grunting and fighting with drop lights later, the spring popped off the pedal arm with a loud bang.
I was quite pleased - until I discovered it was impossible to take the spring out of the car; the other end that wraps up around the cross pin in the rear simply doesn't have clearance to come out of there.
End result - my wife to the rescue yet again. She got under there and found a way to wedge it up out of the way of all the linkages and such.
There it will stay until it presents itself a nuisance one day.
Two simple tasks - yet exhausting to someone in my situation.
Recovery, then onwards...
Item #1: hood removal
Hood on:
I lowered the hood down to where I could just barely get to the bolts on it, then removed the front bolt on each side as my wife (!) tried to hang onto the hood by the front.
Of course, I had a hand behind the corner on each side of the rear as I then took the rear bolt off each side.
Let's just say the hood hinge springs are stout on this thing. As I got the first rear bolt out, the hood then tried to wrench itself out of my wife's hands. I immediately pounced on it and forced the hinge/spring back down.
Repeated the process on the other side, this time with a death grip on the rear corner AND forcing it down at the same time.
We then grabbed it side and side and hoisted it up on the roof of the car:
It's sitting on a quilted comforter and I stuffed a blanket under the latch part as well. Gave it a good wiggle to test for stability, seems ok.
Next up was going after the dreaded clutch over-center spring.
What looked like a cute little spring in the manual turned out to be a HA-YUGE spring up under the dash.
One that nobody in this household could possibly do the washer trick on, I might add. That method looks cute when the spring is out of the car....
Anyone who does this in the future, pay attention here!
You do not need anyone to hold down the clutch pedal when the rest of the clutch is already disconnected under the car!!!!!
With the clutch rod basically flopping loose on the other end, connected to nothing, the clutch pedal can be depressed with your hand quite easily and immediately slams to the floor when you do so.
Watch your fingers!
Gigantic prybar in hand, I kneeled on the garage floor and got under there best I could and went after the spring with the pedal on the floor.
Much cursing, grunting and fighting with drop lights later, the spring popped off the pedal arm with a loud bang.
I was quite pleased - until I discovered it was impossible to take the spring out of the car; the other end that wraps up around the cross pin in the rear simply doesn't have clearance to come out of there.
End result - my wife to the rescue yet again. She got under there and found a way to wedge it up out of the way of all the linkages and such.
There it will stay until it presents itself a nuisance one day.
Two simple tasks - yet exhausting to someone in my situation.
Recovery, then onwards...
Kudos to the better-half!! I'm sure there was muttering under her breath(?).. Mine thinks up ideas and then I have fix/follow up with things she never thought of. LOVE IT! Let her cuss & smile!
NJRR
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Today's progress was slight in productivity but harsh on me in the doing.
Item #1: hood removal
Hood on:
View attachment 401928
I lowered the hood down to where I could just barely get to the bolts on it, then removed the front bolt on each side as my wife (!) tried to hang onto the hood by the front.
Of course, I had a hand behind the corner on each side of the rear as I then took the rear bolt off each side.
Let's just say the hood hinge springs are stout on this thing. As I got the first rear bolt out, the hood then tried to wrench itself out of my wife's hands. I immediately pounced on it and forced the hinge/spring back down.
Repeated the process on the other side, this time with a death grip on the rear corner AND forcing it down at the same time.
We then grabbed it side and side and hoisted it up on the roof of the car:
View attachment 401936
It's sitting on a quilted comforter and I stuffed a blanket under the latch part as well. Gave it a good wiggle to test for stability, seems ok.
Next up was going after the dreaded clutch over-center spring.
What looked like a cute little spring in the manual turned out to be a HA-YUGE spring up under the dash.
One that nobody in this household could possibly do the washer trick on, I might add. That method looks cute when the spring is out of the car....
Anyone who does this in the future, pay attention here!
You do not need anyone to hold down the clutch pedal when the rest of the clutch is already disconnected under the car!!!!!
With the clutch rod basically flopping loose on the other end, connected to nothing, the clutch pedal can be depressed with your hand quite easily and immediately slams to the floor when you do so.
Watch your fingers!
Gigantic prybar in hand, I kneeled on the garage floor and got under there best I could and went after the spring with the pedal on the floor.
Much cursing, grunting and fighting with drop lights later, the spring popped off the pedal arm with a loud bang.
I was quite pleased - until I discovered it was impossible to take the spring out of the car; the other end that wraps up around the cross pin in the rear simply doesn't have clearance to come out of there.
End result - my wife to the rescue yet again. She got under there and found a way to wedge it up out of the way of all the linkages and such.
There it will stay until it presents itself a nuisance one day.
Two simple tasks - yet exhausting to someone in my situation.
Recovery, then onwards...
Glad it worked out with no serious injuries and just some exhaustion. You can probably unbolt the whole pedal assembly and just angle it to get the other end of the spring disconnected. Kudos to your better half for the assist !!!!!
BeeKool
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Looks good. Maybe a few rain showers or thunderstorms
BeeKool
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Enjoy it while it lasts. It's almost spring
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We played a little role-reversal today. I'm usually the calm one. Today - she was.
Me, I fought and cussed and raised hell like a sailor.
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Bless her heart. She was trying to help.
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No wounds actually, just aggravation of all the various "maladies" already present.
I'll start the process of taking the things off the "old" engine needed and installing them on the "new" one tomorrow maybe after work if I'm up to it.
Speaking of which - I wonder if I should swap the stock balancer on the donor engine for my new one from Summit?
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Anyone? Ferris?
It occurs to me also that this Centerline clutch is going to feel weird with no return spring on the pedal. The only releasing spring is going to be the one down on the fork and within the clutch itself, right?
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It might feel like a rice rocket.(What a horrid thought)
Cornpatch MO
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You will be amazed that a high performance clutch could be so easy to push down the pedal. You may even think something is wrong, ---but it is not..........................MO
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