[Notch1320]

I sent the clutch back to McLeod, and they called me today. They said that my clutch was in perfect working order? When I questioned them about my clutch measuring .240 between the fingers and the cover, vs. them telling me that it should read .290, they wouldn't answer me, and just kept saying, I don't know... but your clutch is good? I was at work, and couldn't really talk to them, but I will be calling back to get some more answers, and measurments.

While on the phone, he asked me if my car was cable operated, or not. It is. He then gave me an extention number of the cable operated expert there at McLeod. I will be calling to talk to him tomorow also. After all the calls I have mane to McLeod Tech. why was I never pointed in the " cable operated expert's" direction?

All good questions...

One thing that someone questioned me about today while discussing this, was if my bellhousing block plate could a different thickness from what was in the car before.

I initially had an old McLeod bellhousing in the car, and we made our first passes using this old beat up bell housing. The trans broke as a result of the bellhousing not being properly aligned due to the bore hole being so badly chewed up that you couldn't get an accurate measurment at all. After the trans was fixed, we installed a Lakewood 51201, and have been having air gap issues ever since. Could the block plate thickness have anything to do with my air gap issue?

The Lakewood plate that I have measures .130 thick. I have no idea what the McLeod plate was, but I will be sure to ask McLeod tomorrow about this. Anyone have any thoughts on if this could cause an issue with air gap?