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Putting heavy tension on the cable = bad idea.
Can cause the cable to stretch and fail prematurely, also can cause the TO bearing to do same. Stick to the factory setup - get that spring fitted, and try someone else's cable.
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get a spring it will make all the difference they are like 6 bucks at ford if they say ef/el or pre au ones are no longer available just use an au same part number same same.
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snap0964 wrote: Putting heavy tension on the cable = bad idea.
Can cause the cable to stretch and fail prematurely, also can cause the TO bearing to do same. Stick to the factory setup - get that spring fitted, and try someone else's cable. to be honest, that was much the same conclusion i had come to myself anyway. was curious to see what everyone thought on it anyway. for now i had decided to let it go anyway. i'm used to the height of it now. i will get one of those springs and see how she goes. silly question, where does the spring mount to? i know where the hole on the pedal itself, but the other end. |
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There's an anchor point in the floor - use a ruler or similar, hold it horizontal and straight ahead from the pedal hole, should give you the location.
It can be hard to locate amongst the soundproofing.
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ahh cool thanks. i had never even noticed it there. will go and have a look later on.
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Age: 44 Posts: 314 Joined: 5th Nov 2004 Ride: Fairlane Location: Cairns, Far North Queensland |
Hey nicco, slightly off topic, did you use a new clutch cable, and if so, what sort of $$ did you pay (PM if you want), cause i need a new one, and im sure thats part of the reason my clutch pedal sits out so far.
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Gaz wrote: On mine, its quite the opposite. I can push the clutch in half way and changes gears. I rarely ever push it to the floor, just a little stab is all it needs to disengage?
I adjusted it 140mm from the floor. Mine is the same and I have a Mal Wood HD clutch. Full engaged is about 2 cm from the top (I think) but it starts to grab about 1/4 way up the travel. Makes engagement a nice gradual thing which is probably a good thing on a high torque engine. Especialy when you are tryna eat a pie while shifting.  
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snap0964 wrote: There's an anchor point in the floor - use a ruler or similar, hold it horizontal and straight ahead from the pedal hole, should give you the location.
It can be hard to locate amongst the soundproofing. there is an anchor point as was stated ^ what i did when i replaced my spring i got a set of pointy nose pliers and pushed the clutch pedal fully in and attached it that way..
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Tim: yeah i bought a brand new clutch cable. I rang around and got some quotes. Repco and Autobarn both wanted about $75 for the cable, but repco only wanted $10 to get it to Cairns. Autobarn was $15.
Super Cheap was $85 and Ford was $120. I ended up getting mine from Repco. Froudey: cheers for the tip. |
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far out man.
ford must have different prices in different states.. i only paid $70 from ford about 3 months ago.. |
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probably just imbred townsville ford people!!
they also told me that an EF gear stick would be $454 
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You can also use an EB/ED cable - it's around 4-5" longer than EF/EL, but the inner cable travel is the same.
Be interesting to see if the price is greatly different.
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nicco wrote: probably just imbred townsville ford people!!
they also told me that an EF gear stick would be $454 Holy f**k!
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alfy, yeah thats about what i said as well!!
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Age: 44 Posts: 314 Joined: 5th Nov 2004 Ride: Fairlane Location: Cairns, Far North Queensland |
Cool. I need a new cable (extractors have melted the outer, which im sure is causing mine to stretch), and my mate at ford spares quoted me $75 for a new ford one.
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