Will L.
Well-Known Member
nephews 1988 GMC k2500 6.2 with a (smh) manual trans. Yes I like autos. #1 thing I hate about manuals is hydraulic clutches. Sigh...
He has been driving it for a maybe couple thousand miles now since he got the truck. No clutch, trans, transfer case problems at all. Everything feels great.
So he had to replace starter. He Pulled out slave cylinder without undoing hydraulic line. Swapped out starter- I modified the big curved front brace to hold the smaller gear drive. Also- the dust cover where the starter mounts to it was mangled. P.O. cut part of it out. I cut the rest of the trim around starter out so it fits proper now. The rest of it where the clutch slave is looks ok.
Put slave back in and for the starter test-
I told him slowly ease down on clutch pedal and stop if anything felt weird. (Ever get a feeling?). Pedal down just over halfway and he gets a confused look on his face- uh oh. Stepped on pedal a second time and it is like there is a brick under the pedal.
Then we had to stop for the night.
I see an inspection plug on the side of the bellhousing. Iirc that is to align the slave pushrod into the fork dimple. Thinking that was his mistake.
So all you clutch loving folks guide me here please. I know we don’t want to hit pedal with nothing infront of the push rod. Other than that: any tips, anything to watch for?
He has been driving it for a maybe couple thousand miles now since he got the truck. No clutch, trans, transfer case problems at all. Everything feels great.
So he had to replace starter. He Pulled out slave cylinder without undoing hydraulic line. Swapped out starter- I modified the big curved front brace to hold the smaller gear drive. Also- the dust cover where the starter mounts to it was mangled. P.O. cut part of it out. I cut the rest of the trim around starter out so it fits proper now. The rest of it where the clutch slave is looks ok.
Put slave back in and for the starter test-
I told him slowly ease down on clutch pedal and stop if anything felt weird. (Ever get a feeling?). Pedal down just over halfway and he gets a confused look on his face- uh oh. Stepped on pedal a second time and it is like there is a brick under the pedal.
Then we had to stop for the night.
I see an inspection plug on the side of the bellhousing. Iirc that is to align the slave pushrod into the fork dimple. Thinking that was his mistake.
So all you clutch loving folks guide me here please. I know we don’t want to hit pedal with nothing infront of the push rod. Other than that: any tips, anything to watch for?