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Old 08-10-2021 | 09:55 PM
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Default Yet again another clutch problem

I threw an canned and springs ls1 and t56 in a 1000 dollar v6 mustang. this is my first adventure into the ls swap stuff. I’ve always been an old school guy. I Just wanted to have a fun daily swap car. I’ve got the car all together and running. A huge factor why I wanted something like this was the t56 and hydraulic clutch I’ve drove a couple cars with them and when working properly it’s a blast and a pleasure to drive. But I’m my case it is NOT working properly. I don’t know what else to try. I bought a willwood master cylinder 3/4 bore and pedal installed it in the car just barely fits (the original mustang had a cable clutch) I ran a double stainless braided line to the throw out bearing with AN fittings. Installed a luk clutch,pressure plate and flywheel. And a new throw out I have a stock bell housing. But I decided to measure anyways for my throw out bearing shim Double and triple checked my measurement put the medium thickness shim behind the throw out bearing. Put trans back into car with no troubles. I’ve never even seen a t56 before building this car these things are huge. I’m used to t5s in foxbody’s. But I get it together fire it up and can’t get it in any gear while running. I know these things are notorious for air in the system so I kept bleeding it over and over. And over. And over. I’ve got half pedal not super stiff. I’ll be honest I don’t have a clue what it’s supposed to feel like this is my first one. But the pedal doesn’t fight back till three inches of travel or so. So I just assumed maybe I got my shim wrong so trans came out I put the thickest one in there. Put it back in. Same thing. So at this point I give up on measurements. I take the trans out and the shims out. Same thing. Now as I’m bleeding this thing over and over and over. I mean my lord how much can you bleed. It’s a small fortune in brake fluid alone. Now I’ve done all this in one day. Trans in four times and out three times. The master cylinder is new the throw out is new I mean my brain was looking for anything so I noticed my beaded line was flexing every time I was hitting the pedal so I thought maybe I was losing some pressure there so I made a hardline to go from master to throw out and I’m waiting on a fitting to go from the earls quick connect to the hardline. If this doesn’t work I don’t exactly know where I stand as far as what to do. Any help at all will be appreciated just give me some leeway when it comes to these Chevy parts this is my first experience with it. Thank you for anything you have to offer.




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