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oh, my bad lol.

i can see better now :) just alot of eye drops.

racing the rain trying to get the wifes truck down on the ground
 
Redlineracer12 said:
New windshield, fixed dash, and shift cable end bushing and the Cougar feels like a whole different car.
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I drove my brother's 3L SVT the other day. He needs a kick in the nuts for driving that car like that. The shocks are blown, it has a bad exhaust leak, clunks in the rear, and there is some really annoying noise coming from the front end like a wobbly wheel type noise. The noise isn't the rims though because it did it with his winter set of rims as well. I think it might be a really warped rotor.
 
Like I tell my wife... Owning a vehicle is more than putting gas in it every week! :) Well, it's not exactly putting an exhaust on it, new suspension, rims, etc either! She doesn't have to know that though! Ha ha!
Erick --
 
i got a set of front koni's with stock springs for cheap, really cheap, let me know if your interested.
 
Fishing opener this weekend. Going to go get my bass fishing on! And yes, it does open up this weekend up here....people south of Duluth have to wait a couple week.s
 
So I'm going to ask you guys here instead of starting a new thread since I think I know the answer but I want some more opinions to back me up.

So here's the deal. Car is a full 3L and I'm pulling my clutch next week because it's slipping like crazy and I can't think of anything that would cause it to slip that's not clutch/pp related. I installed a brand new F1 stage 2 kit, new slave that came with the kit, and a new Fidanza flywheel. The clutch has over 1k miles on it and the slipping has not improved with time, actually it seems worse. First major slip was on the dyno, and now it will not hold power past 4k rpms in 3rd gear and won't hold during hard shifts. Also the pedal feel is very soft, it has almost no resistance, and the engagement is in the very last inch of the clutch pedal, pretty much when you remove your foot from the pedal it finally engages. I can shift gears with the clutch pedal barely depressed. I don't like the pedal feel at all, it's way too light. When my car was on the dyno the guy running it said it didn't feel right either.

I spoke to the company that sold the clutch about the problem and the guy I talked to was telling me this is hydraulic related and to call them back when I had diagnosed the hydraulic system on the car. Now considering we have no clutch adjustment and I'm not having disengagement issues I really don't think this is hydraulic related. What I think it is, is the pressure plate, it doesn't seem to have enough clamping force to keep it from slipping.

Maybe it's not an LUK pressure plate? Maybe it's an SE pressure plate they used? Maybe it got screwed up when they "induction hardened" it? Just a couple thoughts. I don't know, let me know what you guys think, I know this group has had many different clutch setups and way more mechanical experience with these cars than I have. I'm pulling the clutch no matter what but I'm curious what you guys think.
 
I think it's going to be pretty tough to diagnose what the root cause was. I don't see it being a hydraulic issue unless the slave cylinder is no good. But even then I would just expect it to be engaging at different pedal locations and acting funky that way. :shrug:

I don't know that you'll be able to tell for sure with the clutch out of the car either though as it's going to look burnt and glazed just because it's been slipping. Whether it was a hydraulic issue or not it will look the same once you get it out. Unless it's obvious the slave was leaking, because that would cause any clutch to wear out.

What are you going to replace it with?
 
Yeah the hyrdraulic issue doesn't fly with me either, I feel that if it was hydraulic related then it would have problems going into gear instead of a late engagement. It shifts perfectly throughout all gears so I don't think it's hydraulic. Maybe the slave isn't fully disengaging, but I won't be able to see that until it's out. Even if the slave was messed up I think the pedal would be harder to press than it is now. The clutch pedal is almost as light as my gas pedal, you could almost push it with one finger. And the engagement is kind of sloppy, it's really tough to get used to when it grabs.

I'm not totally sure what I'm putting in yet. I have a stock setup that I took out that will work, it's still in really good shape, but I did see your Clutchnet pp for sale and that's tempting because I could pick up a yellow clutchnet organic disk for about $150 and that would be more than enough clutch for my car. I don't know, I still haven't made up my mind. I'm pulling it next thurdsay and I'm hoping to have it all back together after the weekend is over. If I do end up getting a new clutch then I might end up waiting for the disk, but we'll see.
 
I would agree with your line of thinking. I couldn't believe how easy my pedal is to press in when I first swapped in my SPEC either though.

Yeah it's hard to argue with the stock setup when we don't have much for aftermarket clutches. I love the stock SVT clutch and pressure plate in my Cougar.

Let me know if you want the pressure plate, I'd sell it to you for a little less since you're local and I could avoid shipping it and paypal fees. :cool:
 
How was the engagment on your SPEC? Was it at the end of the pedal or more like the stock clutch? This one is all the way at the top, I bet I could push it in just over an inch and shift gears.

I'll keep your pressure plate in mind, I should have a for sure decision this weekend. Thanks for your input by the way, this is driving me nuts and I want to make sure it's going to work like it should this time.
 
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