RTM wrote:

I had to pull my transmission because I could feel a very slight vibration. I had the pressure plate and flywheel checked for balance and they are dead on. Yesterday while measuring things I notice my pilot tool would not go in all the way. Turns I must have damaged the roller pilot bearing when installing the trans. I bent the metal part of the bearing retainer. Pretty sure this was the source of my slight vibration.

You might want to check the bell housing "centering" alignment.  It might be off enough to impact the input shaft/pilot bearing alignment that caused the failure. 

RTM wrote:

Time will tell if the bushing is ok or not.  In the old days I don't think I ever had one wear out.

On your CVF system, shimming the 1/2” mounting plate away from the water pump is a much easier solution than modifying the pulleys.

Ron68 wrote:

RTM wrote:

Time will tell if the bushing is ok or not. In the old days I don't think I ever had one wear out.

I had a roller type bearing in the flywheel of a 1969 Opel Kadett Rallye. The bearing failed and some of the material from the rollers fell down between the clutch disc and the flywheel. I couldn't get it out of first gear, and I was about 10 miles from home. I had to shut off the engine at every stop and I drove home in first gear - pissing off everyone behind me. I got tired waving at them to go around me. Got it home and pulled the tranny and pressure plate and used a Dremel tool to cut the outer race and knock it out. I had never had that happen on any other manual transmission car I drove. That Opel was only five years old when it happened.
 

I had a old truck got stuck in 2nd gear it was a 3 speed on column had to drive it home about 50 miles.
 

MS wrote:

I had a 70 Opel Manta. Why is that significant? I traded even for the church pastor’s son’s 70 Mach 1 in 1974.
That was my first Mustang, and you guys know the rest of the story.

I really liked that little Opel, but after I sold that, I got a 1969 Opel GT - and that was a fun little car too. My "mini" Corvette, with the retractable headlights. My wife was driving it, but when she got pregnant with our first, she couldn't fit behind the steering wheel, so we traded it in on a 1976 Granada. My first experience with a Mustang was the 67 C code coupe we had when I was living at home and going to school after returning from Vietnam. The engine was running really rough, so I pulled a head and found a very badly burnt exhaust valve. My dad and I decided to just pull the engine and rebuild it. I did that and put in the new engine, and my dad gave the car to my sister, who shortly moved from Seattle to LA. She traded the car six months later because it didn't have air conditioning. I was pissed! And that is what eventually led me to buying my 68 Rustang in 1996 - and four years later, I was on the road. Since then, I have received a lot of good advice and pointers from MS and this Board of Experts as I continue this Mustang adventure.
 

Ron68 wrote:

RTM wrote:

Time will tell if the bushing is ok or not. In the old days I don't think I ever had one wear out.

I had a roller type bearing in the flywheel of a 1969 Opel Kadett Rallye. The bearing failed and some of the material from the rollers fell down between the clutch disc and the flywheel. I couldn't get it out of first gear, and I was about 10 miles from home. I had to shut off the engine at every stop and I drove home in first gear - pissing off everyone behind me. I got tired waving at them to go around me. Got it home and pulled the tranny and pressure plate and used a Dremel tool to cut the outer race and knock it out. I had never had that happen on any other manual transmission car I drove. That Opel was only five years old when it happened.
 

My great grandmother had an Opel Kadett.  In her 80s she rolled it over into a ditch.  Not much was happening in that little town, so it made the front page of the paper.  When my grandmother confronted her about it she said that it hadn't happened and she didn't remember it.  My grandmother showed her the paper, to which she responded "God save Ireland!"  She lived to be 98, though she had no idea who anyone was, so she probably wasn't lying about not remembering what had happened. 
 

BILLY WALTON from GEORGIA wrote:

TKOPerformance wrote:

Ron68 wrote:

I had a roller type bearing in the flywheel of a 1969 Opel Kadett Rallye. The bearing failed and some of the material from the rollers fell down between the clutch disc and the flywheel. I couldn't get it out of first gear, and I was about 10 miles from home. I had to shut off the engine at every stop and I drove home in first gear - pissing off everyone behind me. I got tired waving at them to go around me. Got it home and pulled the tranny and pressure plate and used a Dremel tool to cut the outer race and knock it out. I had never had that happen on any other manual transmission car I drove. That Opel was only five years old when it happened.
 

My great grandmother had an Opel Kadett.  In her 80s she rolled it over into a ditch.  Not much was happening in that little town, so it made the front page of the paper.  When my grandmother confronted her about it she said that it hadn't happened and she didn't remember it.  My grandmother showed her the paper, to which she responded "God save Ireland!"  She lived to be 98, though she had no idea who anyone was, so she probably wasn't lying about not remembering what had happened. 
 

Dang TKO she had a long life.
 

Yep, born in 1888.  My dad's mother's mother lived to be 97, and I had a great aunt who was 101.  Unfortunately no man in my immediate family line has made it past 75.  Its why I pay zero heed to all this nonsense about eat this, don't eat that, etc.  I've known too many people born long before all that nonsense started who lived to be near or past 100.  Don't smoke, don't be a drunk, and try not to be a fat @$$.  Worked for all of them.  Pretty sure it'll work for me too.  Ultimately long life is genetic.  You either have it or you don't.  Just more incentive to enjoy what of it you have. 
 

BobE wrote:

One of the memes on Instagram; The fact that Keith Richards has lived longer than Richard Simmons makes one question the value of living healthy! 

I think Keith died like 30-40 years ago, but he just kept partying and it didn't take.  But seriously, you're not wrong.  My mom's mom smoked until she was 70 and drank a glass of Jim Beam every night.  Lived to be 87.  Of course she died of cancer, but she was really only sick in the hospital for about 2 weeks at the end.  At 85 she was still driving 4 hours round trip to her beach house.  I always point out that length of life is great in theory, but what's the quality of life?  Is it worth living another 10-20 years unable to do anything you love, debilitated, and in pain?  I can't say; I'm not that near the end yet (hopefully).  I'm already older than my father ever got to be, so I try not to worry too much about the future, and enjoy the present. 

The goal is not to reach the finish line in a pristine automobile, having obeyed every traffic law.  Its to slide sideways across the finish line on 4 bald tires, with no brakes, a spent clutch, and melted plugs while exclaiming: "Boy, what a ride!"
 

I got my bolt on Shelby scoop and my side scoops .....trying to decide which vender to order the shelby front valence from.
 

When you remove the old box, can ya share some pictures of it?

Not familiar with the old style Borgeson box.

I know the first ones had a steel mounting plate welded to the cast body, before it was cast into it.
There may have been other changes as well.
 

Last edited by 50vert (5/04/2025 1:47 AM)

50vert wrote:

I know the first ones had a steel mounting plate welded to the cast body, before it was cast into it.
There may have been other changes as well.
 

Thanks Barry.  Now I understand.

I’m guessing they didn’t make one for down under for RH drive?

TKOPerformance wrote:

Yikes!  What could possibly go wrong with welding a heavy gauge mounting bracket to a cast iron steering box, which I''m sure was already machined before they did the welding? 

I once had a conversation with BB bout my concerns with a bracket welded to cast iron. He pointed out that it could be cast steel. I never researched it further once I found out it was illegal for me to use.