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Old Oct 1, 2015 | 06:58 PM
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I have just finished up swapping an ls/t56 into my 91' mustang and am having issues getting the clutch to disengage. I am using an ls7 clutch and flywheel and the OEM throw out bearing. Trans is out of a 98-02' camaro FYI. To convert the cable driven clutch to hydraulics I'm using McLeod's master cylinder conversion with the quick-disconnect fitting running straight to the OEM 98-02' slave. I installed the clutch and flywheel to spec and have done everything possible to bleed all of the air out of the system using Tick's remote bleeder, since there is no room in the trans tunnel to bleed the clutch otherwise. Anyone out there who could lend me a hand or offer me some suggestions? I'm literally stumped at this point.
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Old Oct 1, 2015 | 09:37 PM
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I am using a QuickTime bell housing and there's a plate they included in the kit which fits between the engine and the bell housing, so tomorrow I plan to pull the trans and do some measurements to see if I need to shim my slave cylinder. I'll comment back on here tomorrow once I figure that out and hopefully that's my issue.
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Old Oct 8, 2015 | 11:41 AM
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Ended up being there was a shim that was way too big behind my slave. Measured it out with a digital caliper and ordered the correct size shim which fixed the problem.
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