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FYI Ford, Classic Mustang Tech Discussion » 68 FB,302,TopLoader Bell,T5 Trans---Looking for Clutch and Flywheel » Today 7:12 AM

TKOPerformance
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John Ha wrote:

M1Mustang69 wrote:

...it's presenting like the Pressure Plate or the Pilot as of now.

If the pilot bearing fails, the transmission and clutch still function - at least in my experience.

If your pressure plate isn't fully disengaging, it will be difficult to shift while the car is moving and very difficult to shift into any gear while the car is at rest with the engine running.  A mal-adjusted or bent linkage (as BobE suggested), or a deformed clutch fork would cause the clutch to not fully disengage.  It's also possible that something inside the transmission failed - which can happen if you slam it hard into a gear and don't have travel stops on your shifter.

IME, if you bent or broke something in the transmission it would be stuck in one gear.  This is what happens when you break or bend a fork (usually they break).  The broken fork is unable to pull the slider back off the speed gear to which its engaged because the fork is broken.  This leaves you stuck in that gear.  If you are able to shift into all the gears under any circumstance then its unlikely the transmission is damaged internally.  

This issue really sounds like a failure of the clutch to disengage.  There could be several causes of that.  
 

FYI Ford, Classic Mustang Tech Discussion » 68 FB,302,TopLoader Bell,T5 Trans---Looking for Clutch and Flywheel » Today 7:06 AM

TKOPerformance
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BobE wrote:

The engine’s casting number and date code can be found on the starter side of block.  You may have to remove the starter to see them.  The casting number only indicates that it wasn’t made before that year.  The engine’s date code typically is a short time prior to the car’s “build’ date as found on the data plate that is on the driver’s door jam.
Details reading these numbers is just a Google search away. 

This will tell you what balance the engine should have, but beware that this could have been changed by a previous engine builder.  
 

FYI Ford, Classic Mustang Tech Discussion » 68 FB,302,TopLoader Bell,T5 Trans---Looking for Clutch and Flywheel » Yesterday 7:28 PM

6sally6
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Just for S & G's.......how are your motor mounts?! How old...?  What do they look like...? Any cracks..?
The reason I axe is....FOR YEARS I was having "issues" with clutch/Z-bar/etc.
After "extra springs"...grease...heim joints.. I replaced BOTH motor mounts (really wasn't that difficult) and "issues" are
a-thing-of-the-past.
Might be worth a look !!
6sally6

FYI Ford, Classic Mustang Tech Discussion » BRIAN .....Where is the location of the 2026 BASH???????????? » Yesterday 6:55 PM

RV6
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I think Billy wants the location of the actual venue. Not the town.

FYI Ford, Classic Mustang Tech Discussion » BRIAN .....Where is the location of the 2026 BASH???????????? » Yesterday 5:51 PM

Mochaman
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Bueller?
 

FYI Ford, Classic Mustang Tech Discussion » Off topic painted my truck hood!!!! » Yesterday 4:54 PM

RTM
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John Ha wrote:

With your left hand, reach across your chest, put it over your shoulder and give yourself a pat on the back for a job well done.  :-)

 
Thank you.  I wouldn’t go that far.  I've rushed a few things that came back to bite me in the butt.  It's pretty much a given everything has taken a second go around to get it right on this repaint.  To much to type but I have learned a few important things along the way. 

I did have to sand the hood down because I had some vapor pop leaving small dimples behind.  Then I sanded through the clear coat and had to touch it up.  As I said everything ends up with a second go around. I got the two more coats of clear sprayed on the hood and no more craters in the clear.  The roof I had to stripe down and redo.  Not the paint, just the primer.  It's been so hot here and I ended up having gas pin holes in my primer.  Roof is painted and good to go now. Some times it's best to slow down and it ends up being faster.

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