TKO, you just aren’t holding your mouth right…

After loosening the rocker, rotate the pushrod between your fingers while tightening the rocker until you just feel the pushrod stop turning. Then rotate an additional 1/2 turn. Then go to the next valve, always following the order as described in the picture.

I have thet picture in my shop because I can never remember which one to do.

Only as good as the weakest link

And to top it all off, I saw a similar setup on a late model Charger yesterday!!!

Sal, that little clip is right there in the screwdriver drawer, right next to the empty spot where you didn’t put the flat blade back. The one you used to remove the clip in the first place.

I have opposite rule at my shop. Never leave a drawer open!  Ever seen what happens with a six foot tall tool box comes toppling over from having one-too-many drawers open?  We had a Lista drawer cabinet at work, loaded with thousands of drill bits, topple over when it got jostled one time. Every drill bit in it hit the floor. Had to send the whole thing back to tooling to get it sorted out. The differences in bit sizes were in thousandths of an inch. We bolted the cabinets to the floor after that.

rpm wrote:

Handicapped plates huh? Makes me wonder how they got handicapped.

Mental doesn’t count, does it?

I have good recent experience with clutches. Maybe some will help.
I have used Centerforce dual friction, McLeod dual friction and Ram dual friction. Also Ford King Cobra. I have a asummit Racing stock
Clutch in my 69 with 331 and T5 tranny
I am back with the centerforce after having tried all the others in my 66.  It makes a knocking noise if the cable is not super tight. Drives great but that noise bugs me.  Not sure how it makes it. Two new Ford T/O bearings with same noise.
The Ram chattered from the day I put it in. I took it out after 1,000 miles. You can have it if you want it.  26 spline input, 10.5”.
McLeod was so stiff it took two legs to push the pedal. Never slipped or chattered. I took it out for being too stiff.
King Cobra has good manners. Only problem is if you shift above 5,500 rpm the pedal tends to stick to the floor. Not fun when it happens.
All in all, I prefer the Summit $139 clutch in my 69.  It is easy to apply and is very smooth.  I was tempted to put one in my 66, but could not find one with 26 splines, and was afraid it might burn out rapidly with 500hp.


Overall, for a performance clutch, the centerforce appears to have the best manners. I do not like the knocking thing. I spoke with manufacturer and they had no idea.

I think my next one will be a stock type. They are just better in a car driven normally. And so much easier to apply.

I have considered using a stock pressure plate with one of the discs from a dual friction clutch.

Have you ever noticed all the Mustangs in the advertising had lowered suspensions, about 2” lower than stock. Definitely none that were sold sat that low.

This great group of people that are FYIFORD.  You folks mean a lot to me.

Yeah…
I fixed it and Glen got the credit for working on it in the driveway for two hours.
Teamwork got it done in the end

$200 plus actual shipping. I have the box it came in new.  Perfect condition.

No yoke included.

Yep
Meant 2010
This was the one where Sal learned (I hope) that a Grant adapter needs all three bolts in it to work correctly.