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Rick R what was your experience with the distributor?

I think I understand what is going on with my clutch. The finger height and free play were not set correctly. The clutch fingers could be depressed so far that the fingers hit the spring on the clutch disc that it caused binding and the clutch to drag. It seems that the floor board is the...

19Fordy, I have a new 9" clutch setup that i'm thinking about having the flywheel drilled and balanced. I have a very competent machine shop in town that can do it. Would a 9" be to small?

The pressure plate is a long finger type that has had the fingers shorten to fit around the gear box input shaft cover. Other than that everything is stock.

This is an original stock flywheel drilled out for a 11" clutch.

Should the pressure plate fingers stop moving after they get to a certain point?

I will look for these things tonight. There could be mis matched parts. This was with the RPU when i bought it. it was never working.

I have a 59ab with a '39 3 speed top loader. The flywheel is drilled out for a 11" pressure plate and clutch disk. When i press down on the clutch pedal i have about 1" of free play then the clutch disengages and works properly. If i press the clutch pedal all the way down the clutch engages...