Espey16

https://imgur.com/a/2cjlkcQ This is the flywheel I had resurfaced.

I am working on that now. I'm going to use the resurfaced flywheel also. Or should I use the old one the old clutch disk already knows?

I think I'm just going to put the old stuff back in with the auto parts store throwout bearing.

The whole surface of the flywheel was resurfaced, not just where the disk sits but the pressure plate surface too.

I put a washer between the cable and the clutch fork to get a little more adjustment out of it, and it would shift into the high gears, but not the low. I honestly don't know how to get the fork off.

So I ran the car after the clutch replacement and the motor ran fine. I put the car in gear when I figured out something was wrong and started it to get it out of the garage. I ended up taking it down the road about 5 miles, and when I needed to shift I just kinda Rev matched the gears and it fell right in each shift.

They weren't torqued down that's why.

I'm sorry I keep machine gun posting. I just bolted the new disc and PP to my old flywheel. The fingers are now kind of out toward where the transmission would be. Does that maybe mean that the flywheel I had resurfaced has been taken to the machine shop 1 too many times and is now too thin?

https://imgur.com/a/5dDU7DT

I'm learning stuff here. Upon tightening the PP bolts, the fingers flatten out. That being said, I'm back to having absolutely no idea what is going on with this car.

So I think I'm gonna try and Frankenstein my clutch together. Use the disc and pilot bearing that came with the kit, my old pressure plate, and the throwout bearing I got from the auto parts store. If it works, it works. If it doesn't, I'm only out the price of the bearing, some coolant and a couple hours time.

https://imgur.com/a/s9ysWtI This is my old pressure plate sitting on the box the new clutch kit came in. Notice the "fingers" are kinda pointed toward where the tranny would be? I'm curious if this was the source of my problems.

https://imgur.com/a/gCc7FmH This is the new pressure plate that is on the engine right now. I'm not sure what they're actually called, but the "fingers" are flat across.

Hopefully I did that right. Thebearing on the left is the old one from my spair tranny. The one in the middle came with the clutch kit, and the one on the right is new from the auto parts store.

https://imgur.com/a/LwJtUqV

The "fingers" on the new pressure plate are completely flat across the part. The "fingers" on my old pressure plate kinda go upward like a dome (it's laying down on my bench).

Aside from that slight difference in the bearing I couldn't tell you what's going on.

I swear it's impossible to post pics on this site.

Ok, the motor is out now. I have 3 throwout bearings. 1 from my spair tranny, 1 from the auto parts store brand new, and the one from this clutch kit. Looking at all 3 side by side, the old one (im assuming is stock), and the new auto parts store one look identical. The bearing from the "M-pact" kit is taller, and the part that actually spins is kinda flaired a little bit. It's hard to explain. I'd post a pic if I was able to.

I have a random, I'm being cheap question. Can I screen coolant and reuse it after I drain it? It's brand new, and it's only been run for about 15 minutes.

I have a new throwout bearing from the auto parts store. I will pull the engine again this weekend and give an update.

I take that back, it's 1.260" wide

Unfortunately I have everything but the throwout bearing. I was gonna check that out last night. I found a different bearing at the auto parts store, but it doesn't say how wide it is.

Anyone have a clutch kit they recommend? I wonder if an auto parts store brand will work.

I don't know what's going on. I guess I'm gonna have to get a different clutch kit and see if that will work. Even with washers in the cable to get more adjustment out of it it still won't work.