Today my brother and I started doing a clutch job in my 88 E-150. The clutch was 27 years old and had about 80K miles on it. The slave cylinder was leaking, very slowly, that's what failed 27 years ago. It would occasionally chatter, and I want to use it to move us from NY to Florida in the near future, and I don't want problems. The job is turning out to be a real PITA. We need the hydraulic line which goes from the clutch master cylinder to the slave cylinder, and the male fitting that snaps in to connect it to the slave cylinder. I hopefully sourced one but won't know until I'm holding it in hand.
Here are a few pictures, if you look closely in the bell housing you'll see the remains of a mouse and his den. The disk was rusted to the spline which made for a PITA job. We had to do remove the bolts from the pressure plate in order to get the transmission out, it was not cooperating. My brother moved his come-along to Florida. We were going to attach that to either the rear axle or something else and try and get it out with that. In any event It's going to take longer than I had hoped while I wait for a hose and connection.
Here are a few pictures, if you look closely in the bell housing you'll see the remains of a mouse and his den. The disk was rusted to the spline which made for a PITA job. We had to do remove the bolts from the pressure plate in order to get the transmission out, it was not cooperating. My brother moved his come-along to Florida. We were going to attach that to either the rear axle or something else and try and get it out with that. In any event It's going to take longer than I had hoped while I wait for a hose and connection.