Bajakid1450
Well-Known Member
What’s a IMF?
I only had to wait 11+ months for my title... I know each state varies but you've got a few to go till that much time has passed.Nope.
5/7 mailed a packet, 1st attempt
5/10 received at SC DMV (DMV closed, Confederate Memorial Day)
5/14 paperwork stamped received
5/19 return packet postmarked
5/20 return packet received (forgot $500 IMF)
5/21 new packet sent
5/24 USPS confirmed delivery to DMV
6/11 SC DMV confirmed paperwork not yet received into system (not visible electronically)
They've told me twice I should allow for 20 business days for them to receive/process paperwork. I'm checking my bank account daily to see if/when they cash the checks. I'm 90% sure I have everything in order now, the only thing I was missing on the first go-around was the $500 IMF.
20kGotcha what did the insurance company value your car at ?
It's super cool until you get a letter from the IRS... Then you spend all day worrying about it...USPS Informed Delivery is pretty cool.
How much travel do you have in the pedal before the clutch engages?I'd had the car at a friend's house for a little while (trailered it there) and I drove it home last night with a tag on it. The car drives great. The only big issues I'm still facing are parking lot issues- it's a bear to get the shifter into first, and it acts like it wants to slam into reverse. That's pretty much always been the case ever since I got the car moving.
It generally seems to be easier to get the shifter into first and reverse when the engine's off, and the car seems to want to roll a little bit forwards or backwards with the engine on, in gear, with the clutch pedal depressed. This leads me to believe the clutch isn't fully disengaging.
Fifth is hard to find when on the road, and reverse is significantly harder to get into than first, which suggests to me the shifter could still use some adjustment. The shifter reverser bellcranks are both perfectly vertical when the shifter is in neutral, so I'm not inclined to believe it's that far out of whack. Additionally, I didn't seem to have any issues getting the shifter into second from a stop, which suggests to me it's the shifter and *not* the clutch.
I only ever drove the donor a half hour down the road but I definitely don't remember any of the gears being particularly hard to find, or having any issues with the synchros, so I wouldn't assume it's the trans, but who knows. I intentionally ordered enough Redline fluid a while back to do two trans flushes so I may flush it again to see if that changes anything. I've always been tempted by the F23 swap so I may move that up the priority list a little bit.
Maybe half? Not sure. Now that I think about it I'm not sure my bleeding partner was cycling the pedal the way I would have, so I'm not sure it was completely as useful as it could have been. I read Lonny's comments about having to pull the pedal back up and we never had that happen. Maybe the pedal wasn't going all the way down, or all the way back up?How much travel do you have in the pedal before the clutch engages?
The spring should bring it back up i would think. I am trouble shooting the same problem. But mine will eventually fade to no clutch.Yeah I'd been eyeing DF's upgraded shifter but I'm pretty well set on trying it out now. I'd figured if the last round of bleeding magically cleared up my issues that I'd reconsider, but it didn't so here we are.
Maybe half? Not sure. Now that I think about it I'm not sure my bleeding partner was cycling the pedal the way I would have, so I'm not sure it was completely as useful as it could have been. I read Lonny's comments about having to pull the pedal back up and we never had that happen. Maybe the pedal wasn't going all the way down, or all the way back up?
Did you measure the airgap between the slave and the clutch fingers? I didn't the first time and I think the slave was over extending so I measured it and found i needed a .25" spacer to get the proper air gap for my aftermarket clutch.I did see a bit of fluid at the bottom of the bellhousing but it's never dripped- I have watched the pavement for drips very very closely. I want to believe it's just a little spillage from the bleeder. I did clean it up and will monitor the bellhousing more closely now.
As an additional reference point, I'm running ZZP's aluminum flywheel and a South Bend Stage 3 clutch with a brand new LNF slave cylinder.
Sounds the same as what I did. No additional shims were necessary with these parts. All working well after nearing 5k driven.I did see a bit of fluid at the bottom of the bellhousing but it's never dripped- I have watched the pavement for drips very very closely. I want to believe it's just a little spillage from the bleeder. I did clean it up and will monitor the bellhousing more closely now.
As an additional reference point, I'm running ZZP's aluminum flywheel and a South Bend Stage 3 clutch with a brand new LNF slave cylinder.