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[Phil Waterman]

Hi Tony

Though my CMPs are all Chevys I played with a lot of Flat Head Fords. Know that you probably have thought of many of these but I offer the following observations.

1. If you hold your foot down on the clutch peddle for 15-30 seconds before moving the gear lever do you still get the crunch?
2. Do you get the crunch what ever gear you first try to go into?
3. Before you change the length of the threads on the clutch linkage, find your self a really good measuring point to see if the engine and transmission are moving fore and aft as you push on the clutch.
4. Are you to the point where you can drive the truck to see if there is a problem shifting between gears? If you are do you have trouble getting the truck out of first gear? This is a real indication that the clutch is not releasing all the way.
5. If you can determine that the clutch is truly not disengaging completely here are some possible causes (had some of these on my C60L) did you lubricate the throwout bearing inner slip area where it rides in and out on the transmission pilot? As the bell housing is integral to the engine and transmission and not a third separate part I doubt you have the alignment problem that Chevy can have that binds the pilot shaft bearing or bushing in the flywheel.
6. With the clutch fully depressed and the gear box in 4th gear (transfer case in neutral) how easy can you spin the short drive shaft between the transmission and transfer?


Cheers Phil