I have a similar story with a better ending. In the early 70's I had a
throw out bearing go bad. Not wanting to take the engine out, I went to
a local hotrod mechanic in a neighbors filling station. He slide the
tranny back as far as he could then replaced the throw ot bearing by
feel, not being able to see what he was doing. I was amazed. In the late
70's I took the 260 out and put in a very highly modified 289. At that
time I put in the very best clutch that I could find. (can't remember
the name) It has lasted until the 90's. The engine is now out again and
waiting for my brother to finish a rebuild, with a new clutch again.
There is just no easy way to make a complete clutch change with out
doing major work.
Larry
DrMayf wrote:
>No, but have humorous story regarding same. When I bought mine in 1967 I had
>to do a clutch repair after about 25000 miles. I took it to a shop and when
>I went back for it the next Saturday (mechanic had the car 2 days), He said
>don't ever, ever, bring that car back here again. I think Holmoan & Moody
>Mechanics said the same thing. Unles you notch the frame, you cannot get the
>tranny back far enough to get the bellhousing off. So Pull the motor.....
>
>mayf
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Scott S. Hutchinson" <shutchin@netjets.com>
>To: <tigers@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 7:13 AM
>Subject: Clutch
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>>Sorry to bomb the list with this one, but does anyone know of a good shop
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>in
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>>the eastern mass area that has experience with doing a clutch on a tiger?
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>>Scott
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