Mustang clutch problem...help?

Question

I have a 93 GT 5 speed with a T5. I recently installed a Ram flywheel, RAM HDX clutch (just an upgrade from the stock one), UPR Firewall adjuster, and an O'reilly clutch cable. I already had a billet quadrant. Anyway... I got everything installed and drove home. Everything felt awesome and then I started loosing my pedal feel until I had no clutch pedal and it would not shift. I drove 10 miles before it failed. It felt like the cable came off the quadrant but it did not. The cable is on the clutch fork, it is attatched to the quadrant but it acts as if it is an inch too long now and has no tension. I adjusted the firewall adjuster all the way out and it still does not have enough tension.

Did I do something wrong or is my cable stretched out already? I did not drive it hard at all in the 10 miles that I drove it. Did I just learn why not to buy a cheap cable or is something else wrong that I am overlooking?

peace3anarchy · Accepted Answer

you need to check the entire length of the cable and make sure everything is 100% from end to end. if anything you should check the firewall to make sure that the firewall is actually still supporting the cable. ex. if the firewall mount is bad you might just have nothing to hold it so as to give the clutch any tension...

Pave Hawk · Answer

I had this issue on a stock 1988 GT.  Turned out the firewall was cracking behind the clutch cable grommet.  I didn't see it at first until I remove the cable from the firewall.  Also, make sure the grommet at the firewall for the cable did not fall apart or get ripped up.

Helmut Roner from www.corral.net/forums

Anonymous · Answer

check to see if your headlights are pumping oil !!!

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