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Check the end of your clutch fork rod. It may be worn. I had the same problem of the pedal not returning to the top. One picture below shows the rod and pin with excessive wear. The other picture shows that I was able to weld and repair both the rod and the pin. With the repairs made the clutch pedal returns to the top every time now. Check other areas for wear also.
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My suggestion is to study the linkage system to understand how its supposed to work. What pulls the pedal back? If it can’t come back what’s hindering it from returning? Take photos of the assembly before you take it apart. Look for heavy linkage use and wear as indicated above. Sometimes partial reassembly helps find the root cause. Get the linkage cycling and returning, maybe with partial parts installed. Keep adding parts and cycling the pedal. Once it binds up you have ID’d the part causing the problem. Understanding how it works is key to troubleshooting and fixing it. Not sure if that helps, but is what I do when I get stuck.2 points
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One thing I learned when I rewired my car was that originally the horn would only work with the key in the on position. I thought that foolish since you couldn't honk the horn otherwise. So I set it up to work key on or off. Then one day I leaned my driver's seat forward to get in the back and the horn honked at me, lol. Now I know why they set it up the way they did.1 point
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I found this diagram on this site. With key on: 6vdc at 'S' means you have voltage from ignition to the coil of the relay. This does not rule out the horn button. When the horn button is depressed that closes the circuit and the relay should click. If audible. You say you have voltage at 'B' indicating a voltage to the contacts of the relay. When the horn button is depressed the coil energizes and closes the contacts at 'H' you should have 6vdc at 'H' and horn will sound. If voltage at 'H' and no horn sound. check continuity between 'H' and horn. If no voltage at 'H' look for a fuse. If the fuse is ok (check with a meter) the contacts are bad Check continuity at the Horn Button no continuity when at rest. Good reading when depressed There are 2 circuits here; the horn button, and the other, the horn. The button (Green) controls the horn circuit (Red). Hope this helps
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here are the spring pictures
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tool c-705 the holes should fit into linkage and adjusting the turnbuckle will bring the back end up or down when adjusted properly all three points should line up into tool i made this tool from schematics on this website i will send a picture of clutch fork pull back spring on my car tomorrow for comparison the car is 1948 Plymouth club coupe did it work properly before taken apart maybe needs certain amount of pressure or spring tension to work the parts book doesn't list specific size for spring
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We live in a bit of a summer desert here in Kamloops. Watering restrictions are enacted every summer. Is having a green lawn a carried-over trend from the palace of Versailles? A sign on wealth? A notch in society? Lush lawns and gardens can be rewarding. Stress reducing. Cooling. Visually appealing. They can be a PITA too. This year we let our lawns dry up to become basically straw. We indeed have conserved a lot of water and carbon in the process. Carbon? How so? Well no 4 stroke lawn mower running every week. No 2-stroke weed whacker running weekly. No 3/4T Dodge diesel truck taking away bio yard waste to the compost facility. I’ve had more time to tend to my flathead Mopars too. I’m less grumpy as it behooves me to drive my truck across town and back to adhere to city rules to recycle bio yard waste. $20 in diesel fuel for one trip. Sure I could accumulate clippings and make less trips. Bagged fresh cut grass turns into rotten stinking silage in about 10 days in 100F weather. Then it spreads just like manure fertilizer in your truck bed. The smell stays there for about 6 months. I could mulch it with the mower which means cutting it more often in 100F weather. So none of that this year. Good thing too. Because right now the lawnmower won’t run. Carb main jet is plugged with old dried up ethanol residue I’m sure. My ultrasonic cleaner will fix that problem later this fall. The grass will turn green again in the fall. Morning dew returns. Less intense sun. Cooler days. 1, maybe 2 cuts in the fall and we’re good ‘till next spring again. I am procrastinating on the carb work. Headed back to tend to my Mopars again…
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In 1976 when i was in high school , driver ed class the tex book had a few words about 3 on the tree . when going into 1st & rev hold the palm of your hand toward you . when going into 2nd & 3rd palm of your hand facing away from you .1 point
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With the repaired linkage installed the clutch pedal returns to the full up position every time now. Good thing because I was starting to wear a spot on the top of my left shoe where I would hook my shoe under the pedal to pull it back up. I see some other linkage wear under there but it's not as bad as the one I fixed. Guess I'll save that for a future project.1 point
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Well it looks like you're right. Pulled the points and it looks like this metal Spring was not attached firmly to the point so it was slipping loose. Reinstalled it better and it runs great. Thanks for your help1 point
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Becky & I should be able to make it. Have enjoyed meeting all the people and sharing ideas, stories and just plane friendship these last two years. My '54 Dodge 'runs' now. Not well enough for the highway but should be ok after I tinker with it a bit. Still needs some wiring work, new muffler & tail pipe. The biggest hold up is finding the 'clutch bull gear' cover. It was on the truck when it went into the shop but they can't find it now. Hopefully by next March I will be able to find the correct one. After I get it running and all the parts found and put on I will e able to hit the Nevada DMV for a registration and plates. Looking forward to see everyone next April. Update: We found the clutch cover in Colorado. It's cleaned up, repaired and on the truck. Still looking good to make the BBQ in April! Time is getting closer to April 1, 2023! Finished going over all electrical wiring and correcting where previously wired wrong Have replaced components, electrical and mechanical, that were discovered to be bad, going bad or just plain not sure why they were there. lol Down to "cosmetic" items like seat, mirrors, bed boards, etc Hope Nv DMV doesn't find anything wrong when we go in on March 2nd to get it licenced. Won't be much time to make adjustments and still get a rescheduled appointment with them. We have our fingers crossed and a positive outlook for being over to the BBQ. Guess this is not the place to get information from those attending the 16th Annual BBQ for MoPar friends but I will give it one more up-date. Took a BIG step backwards this past month. The engine I spent 1000's of dollars and years rebuilding crapped out and is toast. Good news is I found a mechanic that deals in only Classic/Vintage vehicles and he located a 'good' '54 241 V8 to replace mine. Now we are back on schedule. DMV took an hour and 5 employees to work out how to license a classic truck that had not been licensed for the past 29 years. But we made it! See you all at the BBQ.1 point
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Well a little more encouragement was all I needed. I can’t take too much credit here. I fix fences and ironwork. Sometimes I rototill. The aquariums you can barely see are mine. Judy planted almost everything you see except sod and big trees.
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No veggies here, but my wife gets them from all the relatives. Then, since the woman has no interest in cooking, half of them rot and go back into the ground. Relatives are dying to give the stuff away and so she always takes too much. But she’s going great guns on the gardening, and we are up to our earlobes in ornamentals.
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