Some of you may remember, but my clutch engagement was really weird. It would disengage the tranny & allow shifting when I depressed it about 1 inch.
I took it into my Ford dealer on the 2nd, they did a tear down and didn't find anything wrong. There were no score marks on the pressure plate or the clutch plate(s). My service advisor, John, spoke to a Ford rep on the issue and they authorized a new pressure plate and clutch kit!! The tech, service manager and my service rep all said the clutch engagement is MUCH better now.
Glad it's getting done. For what it's worth, it's really not that odd to be able to disengage from gear with little or no clutch. I can easily pull mine out of gear with no clutch at all.
Glad it's getting done. For what it's worth, it's really not that odd to be able to disengage from gear with little or no clutch. I can easily pull mine out of gear with no clutch at all.
My co-worker shifts his manual with no clutch at all. And it really surprised me the first time i saw him "actually do it". He claims his clutch is going. And i thought to myself, yea, but now how many other things are you messing up by not using the clutch
if you get the RPMs right you shouldn't have to use the clutch at all really, i used to do it all the time in my 87 mustang when my clutch was slipping to try to save it so i could still take off... i never noticed any additional problems with it from shifting without clutch...
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I have done clutchless shifting before, not on this Mustang though. The clutch feel is completely different now, much better, but it is going to take some getting used to.
I never really thought it to be too much of an issue until I drove a few other S197's with manuals. The clutch would engage about 1/2 way depressed (3-4 inches). My service advisor and the service manager agreed that it was completely different from a few others on the lot. I guess that's why Ford agreed to replace it.
I think you guys are referring to rev matching...some people say its bad for your car, some say it has no effect. I would really like to know the truth to that because I have done it also. Anyway, congrats on your new clutch.
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I guess I didn't use the correct verbage in describing the issue. The does not lie in the shifting out of gear, but shifting into gear. I have never driven a car where it was able to shift into gear with VERY little clutch depression, about 1 inch. All the other Mustangs I drove, my friends and at the dealership, the car would shift into gear with 1/2 clutch depression.
Since the clutch replacement, the clutch feels "normal" or what the other Mustangs and other manual cars I drove felt like.
I guess I didn't use the correct verbage in describing the issue. The does not lie in the shifting out of gear, but shifting into gear. I have never driven a car where it was able to shift into gear with VERY little clutch depression, about 1 inch. All the other Mustangs I drove, my friends and at the dealership, the car would shift into gear with 1/2 clutch depression.
Since the clutch replacement, the clutch feels "normal" or what the other Mustangs and other manual cars I drove felt like.
2007 Mustang GT... Ford is Replacing My Clutch!!! 
Project Wrecker Rebuild has begun!!!
