Hi guys;
I have a 98 Cobra track car that I bought a few months ago and the clutch needs to be replaced. The car has a TKO swap, Bassani midlength headers, and Maximum Motorsports K-member.
I have removed the drive shaft, X pipe, and intake tube, and loosened most of the header bolts on the passenger side. I also have the bottom and middle starter bolt out but I am kind of stuck at this point.
My problems/questions are:
The top bolt on the starter looks damn near impossible to get to with the header on the car. I think I might be able to get it off if i wrestle with it and use a universal or two (maybe...
) but it looks pretty hopeless to get it back in afterwards. Has anyone with a similar setup (headers- K member) done this successfully?
I can't tell for sure if I need to drop the K member to get the rest of the header bolts loose and if I manage to get the header bolts loose on the passenger side if that will be enough to get the tranny out or do I have to pull the header completely off and get it out of the way?
I have not loosened motor mounts or jacked up or tilted the engine at all at this point. Will doing that help clearance on any of these bolts?
This is my first time pulling a transmission out of a car and doing a clutch job so I am figuring this out as I go and trying to use the
Ford service manual and a Chilton's manual I have to muddle through this. The car is no where near stock however so not everything matches up.
I am dreading the thought of pulling the K member so I am trying to avoid that if at all possible.
I have a 98 Cobra track car that I bought a few months ago and the clutch needs to be replaced. The car has a TKO swap, Bassani midlength headers, and Maximum Motorsports K-member.
I have removed the drive shaft, X pipe, and intake tube, and loosened most of the header bolts on the passenger side. I also have the bottom and middle starter bolt out but I am kind of stuck at this point.
The top bolt on the starter looks damn near impossible to get to with the header on the car. I think I might be able to get it off if i wrestle with it and use a universal or two (maybe...
I can't tell for sure if I need to drop the K member to get the rest of the header bolts loose and if I manage to get the header bolts loose on the passenger side if that will be enough to get the tranny out or do I have to pull the header completely off and get it out of the way?
I have not loosened motor mounts or jacked up or tilted the engine at all at this point. Will doing that help clearance on any of these bolts?
This is my first time pulling a transmission out of a car and doing a clutch job so I am figuring this out as I go and trying to use the
Ford service manual and a Chilton's manual I have to muddle through this. The car is no where near stock however so not everything matches up.
I am dreading the thought of pulling the K member so I am trying to avoid that if at all possible.