The Crisis is over and done. After taking out the tranny 3 or 4 times we found out what the '"noise"problems were. I could not have found these problems by myself, my friends Barry & Gary were there to give me advise after I took it apart and then took it apart again. The things I'd like to pass on to the first timers are these.
Take pictures, make sure you have all the right parts, like , the right length bolts, very important, all the same sized heads, makes it much easier and faster to get them tight. I was installing the bell housing bolts, I thought I had the right ones, but I couldn't get the 9/16 th on them, or the 5/8 sockets on them. Came to
find out I had a 16 -17- 18 metric bolt. I got up and down from underneath that car, 20 times, looking for the right socket. Its amazing how pissed you can get at yourself. Always take your time, if things aren't working out, quit for a while or the night, but have a sheet of paper or something to remind your self in the morning where you left off, so you can finish that job first. As the time I forgot to tighten the seat bolts down, makes it hard to shift when going down the track having your
seat act like a rocking chair...lol
Well at least it was a good laugh.. ?
After taking everything off back to the flywheel, we started it up, NO noise, I was so happy, we then installed the clutch system and bell housing and dust shield.
We started it up again, and the NOISE was back, loud as hell. We now new it was something we just put on. My buddies got under the car and I started it up again, and they listened, one of them used a 12" hose to listen for noises, he listened to the starter, no noise, he put the hose on the dust shield and all hell broke loose in his ear. That was the problem, the dust shield. As we kept looking for the why of the noise, Gary saw that the flywheel bolts coming through the crank were just long enough to touch the dust shield, making all the noise. We had another problem, the clutch fork spring we had welded onto the fork was not holding the fork on the ball at the right angle, we cut that spring off and install a new one. Wall la..... the clutch fork, throwout bearing, lined up perfect. After putting it all back together , we adjusted the clutch from the top rod some , and things were like a different car was born. This was on Wednesday night, I had to be at the Good Guys car event the next day , you talk about stress and cutting it close, but we made it to the show and put are car on display indoors. I will say it again, Thanks to all for the attention to my post's, and my asking for your help. This forum is Greatttttt... as Tony the Tiger says.
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