shifting without a clutch ain't easy

[CAMELEON]

So, there I was, minding my own business, driving home from the Twisted Stallions show, when suddenly ...... sproingsnap ...... my left pedal goes to the floor. I had to drive home from 540/six forks, and park in the storage building up on ramps ...... with no clutch.
I am assuming that the cable snapped and now I have to change it at the house on 4" of ramp instead of on a lift:banghead: . At least this will give me an opportunity to do the clutch quadrant and firewall adjuster also.

[SlowRyde]

Dang Chuck! Sorry to hear that! Well at least you made it home and have a trophy to remind you of the great time today :)

[COBRA COMMANDER]

can always power shift to get it home. it can be done, I've had this happen to me before.

Sorry to hear this happened.

[1993LX]

Look at it like this also.. at least you made it home and it didn't happen half way home.

[CAMELEON]

It did happen half way home. Most of the shifting between the show and my house is after that intersection. Mileage wise, it was more than half way, but I did not have to shift at all on 264/64 or 540.

[Mach351]

There is a cobra clutch joke lurking.......

[Rio Red GT]

So, there I was, minding my own business, driving home from the Twisted Stallions show, when suddenly ...... sproingsnap ...... my left pedal goes to the floor. I had to drive home from 540/six forks, and park in the storage building up on ramps ...... with no clutch..... snip

I had that happen to my '84 Capri RS back when I lived in Sanford. It was actually my clutch adjustment pawl that broke but I still had to drive it through town to the Ford place without a clutch. I managed the red lights by turning the engine off, pushing the clutch pedal to the floor and cranking the engine while in 1st gear. After rolling off in 1st, I managed the gears carefully.

[TOOL MAN]

Chuck, Let me know if you want me to trailer it to the house so we can use the lift.

[CAMELEON]

I think I will be able to do it here .... I will know by the weekend. I already have everything disconnected at the firewall. If I can figure out the bellhousing end I should be good. Just in case ..... does your trailer have a winch?

Does anyone have a good picture of the cable/firewall adjuster/firewall installed. I am not quite sure how all the pieces align .... the instructions just say .... put em there.

[CAMELEON]

Got the old cable out, getting ready to install the new one along with the firewall adjuster and the quadrant.

[CAMELEON]

Got it all back together and it appears good ...... just need to check and make any final firewall adjustments

[Paulman]

Glad you got it worked out, Chuck