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Greensmurf's comment about getting the input shaft splines into the clutch disc prompts me to share how I modified Speedway GT's bellhousing so that I can do it like I do a big truck wth the 15" clutch. After twenty years of doing truck clutches "by the book" I recently saw a trick you'll never see in any book! This is the only way I'll ever do it now.
I holesawed a handhole in the bottom of the bellhousing just like the one on a truck. Put the bellhousing on the transmission. Then just set the pressure plate on the input shaft, slide the clutch disc on, and slam the engine to the bellhousing, or vise versa. The only thing you have to work into place is the input shaft to the pilot bushing, that's only the last inch before it's "home." Next put a couple bolts in to snug the bellhousing to the block. Then you put the pressure plate bolts into the flywheel through the handhole. Slick!! If you'r worried about the hole (I'm not) a cover plate can be made to close it up, just like on a truck.
The only difference is I can do this myself on a creeper. No jack, no help. Wish trucks were that easy...
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No Opels were harmed in the filming of this movie.
However two Mustangs, a Pinto, and a Capri were hospitalized.
One Mustang was euthanized the next morning.
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