[Shotimes] RE: MTX Shifting Prolem

[Bob]

This 89 had the clutch first replaced at just over 13,000 miles.  The clutch
repair was later reimbursed by Ford.  It's apparently had several clutches
since then, looking at the receipts.  My 94 is currently up on the lift
(borrowed) for an ATX repair, so I'm considering switching the 3.2 into the
MTX and vice versa.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bjshov8@comcast.net
> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 8:31 AM
>
> My dealer replaced my original cluth under recall barely before
> 50k.  My replacement clutch lasted about another 80k miles, in
> the city traffic I'm in.  When I replaced it I found that about
> 1/4 of the fingers had their tips worn off, the others were getting thin.
>
> I'm not sure how I feel about a car needing a new clutch every
> 80k miles considering the amount of work that goes into a clutch
> replacement, but OTOH nowadays it is hard to get an automatic
> that is any better.  So replacing a clutch sounds cheap compared
> to replacing an automatic.  In the old days it was different-
> good automatics rarely failed, and clutches could be replaced in
> under an hour.
>
>
> > Leigh,
> > It looks like I'm right behind you. My 95 MTX with
> > 86,000 miles on her is still running the original
> > clutch.
>
> >> The clutch went up in smoke today as I rolled to a
> >> stop at one of the
> >> 13+
> >> traffic lights on my daily commute.  So I will be
> >> replacing it.
>
> >>> Sounds like the all-too-common dying throwout
> >>> bearing/chewed up
> >>> pressure
> >>> plate finger issue to me. Should show up as hard to
> >>> get into reverse.
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