Don't Know What I Was Thinking......

[Jeff Balazs]

Or maybe I just wasn't thinking. Should have done like most people and made a list.....but no I had to shoot from the hip....and this time it came back to bite me.

 

I have put a ton of effort into this truck to get it just so. And I know that some of the stuff I have taken the time to do is way beyond the norm for an average old truck. I was feeling pretty good about my efforts so far......but then I realized that I had cut a corner I probably shouldn't have after I got it all back together.

 

Dummy me..... I never replaced the clutch or throw out bearing. I thought about several times while things were apart but something else always seemed to need doing before this. And it all worked fine when I first got it back together. But after a few hours running time a little squeal showed up. Not much at first and it would come and go. But then of course it would come back and only go away when I stepped on the clutch.

 

So........ today I dropped the tranny and shipped the clutch out to Tennessee for a rebuild. Wouldn't have been a bad job but because my truck is a fluid drive 4 speed ......I had to drop the tank and remove a crossmember etc...etc... Now I have parts laying all over again. And I thought I was past this stage. It would have been a much easier job when the body was off.....I feel like a real nimrod.

 

Jeff

Note to self......start making lists......life is starting to catch up with me in ways I do not fully appreciate.

 

[ggdad1951]

it's ok...we've ALL done it in one manner or another as we build and rebuild.....remember my brake issues, or my horn issues?

Edited August 13, 2013 by ggdad1951

[Merle Coggins]

Jeff,

I didn't replace or rebuild my clutch when I first built my truck either. It was packed full of fluff from mice when I disassembled it. I just cleaned it up and reassembled it with a new throw out bearing. It worked just fine for a couple of years, then it began to slip under load. So, that winter it all came apart and redone properly. Now all is right with the world.  

 

Are you going to have the drive plate on the FD surfaced? I pulled mine and had it surfaced when the clutch was rebuilt.

 

Merle

[pflaming]

I put a new head gasket in my truck engine. When I hit the starter it went THUMP. Removed the head and found a head bolt in one of the cylinders . Must have fallen in  when the piston was down. 

[Jeff Balazs]

Thanks Guy's;

I still feel a bit foolish though. I must have thought about replacing this 20 or 30 times.....but didn't do it when it would have been much simpler. Oh dopey me.

 

Merle; The plate on the fluid drive is very clean......no scoring, ridges or flutter marks. Thought I would just clean it real good with a 3m pad and brake cleaner. Not sure I want to disturb the fluid drive???? Should I be concerned about it?

The clutch itself looked to be in fair shape.....nothing alarming there. It was working smoothly. I just had a faint to medium squeal in the throw out. When I removed the transmission the first thing I noticed was the little spring dangling free. It was not hooked to the throw out sleeve. The spring looks fine...but I don't know if it had come off when I pulled the tranny or sometime before???

 

Jeff

[HanksB3B]

Don't feel too bad.  I threw out my pressure plate (what was I thinking I never do that!) because I had a brand new one.  Guess what ? It wasn't the correct one for my truck.

 

Simply a "duh" moment in my otherwise perfect life,

 

 

My custom guide pins.  (not my idea but they sure help one-manning it at least for the little three speed)

 

Now you are an official Pilothouse Pit-Crew Team Member,

 

Hank 

[Desotodav]

I'm sure that the old 2 steps forward and 1 step back process is no stranger to many of us!

Keep up the good work Jeff.

[pflaming]

Duh #2: I forgot i had my hood in the alley. It's now in China! Found a second one that was red but underneath was BLUE! Some of the red refused to come off, so I left it; patina "flames"! Sometimes you gotta go with what you have!