Diary of a VERY amateur mechanic

[Rachel]

What I forgot to mention was that when everything was finally put back together, the clutch slipped as badly as before

I finally found the enthusiasm to have another go at fixing it today ;D

I decided that the best thing to do would be to take it all apart and then double check everything as it went back.

I think I have found the problem ;D I don't know how this happened but the pressure plate wasn't changed the first time round and the one on there was worn Another lesson learned

I have almost finished putting it all back together again. Only 4 bolts to do (engine mounts and engine steady) ;D

I hope to get that done tomorrow evening, then reconnect the battery and keep my fingers crossed that it's all ok ;D

I will let you know how I get on

[Deleted]

thats when a removable front comes in handy

you don't have to reemove/ undo that much to get to the clutch. undo te driver side engine mount, loosen the other side and prop the engine up abit.

had to do the clutch on duke twice as the first tim we removed the bell housing to find he had a verto clutch inside and a preverto external long arm and slave cylinder etc

still not a simple task for a self confessed amateur mechanic

i'm going to do the clutch on the new engines while their out of the car

[Rachel]

Grrrrrr

It's still slipping

Does anyone have any ideas what might be wrong?

[Deleted]

have yo adjusted the throw of the long arm and the big nut on the bell houdsing?

should be in the haynes manaul how to adjust your clutch

we had plenty of trial and error on adjusting the clutch for duke

good luck

[Rachel]

Hi

I have tried the throw out ;D

Thanks for the suggestion

[Stephen]

hopefully not what happened to my old engine (RIP), the flywheel bolt wasn't torqued up enough and so the flywheel made a nice mess of the crank taper as it span round at 8000rpm!