Hi guys, been away from this for a bit,  my car been sitting for about a year, something kept the clutch from disengaging, pedal goes down normal but clutch stays locked, I am guessing a spring fell out and jam the assembly up.  going to take it apart sometime this month.  

going to replace the clutch while i am at it, but having a hard time finding budget 23 spline discs in 10" , acutally i dont remember if its 10 or 10.5 thats in the car right now.   most popular ones seem to be 10 splines,  and I was wondering if this input shaft i found from ebay will work with the T89?  3 speed in the 1961?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ford-Fairlane-3-Speed-Transmission-Input-Shaft-/201556121969

HoLun welcome back! Still working at the pole?
Bummer to get home and have trouble with your toy!

 
 Steve Metzger       Tucson, Arizona

Have someone operate the clutch pedal while you watch under the hood movement of the linkage, sometimes the equalizer bar will tear and create a symptom similar to yours. I needed a 23 spline disc and found they were also used in a lot of early Chrysler products..

Plate may be rusted to flywheel

I don't work at antarctica anymore, I work at samsung's semiconductor plant now days, working on machines that makes computer chips for basically every cellphone out there

I'll try to look harder for the clutch discs, 10" is pretty hard to find.   been using NOS rebuild ones, but not liking the idea that i have to deal with asbestos when i need to work on it.

also forgot to mention that it just happen one day in traffic, and has been daily driving without  any problem prior, but I do rev the engine to 6000rpm from time to time and thinking that the original equipment is not design to rev that high and popped some springs out under stress

and then after working the clutch and try to break it free by force moving the car and breaking hard it finally broke loose and i drove home and been sitting at the drive way every since.  I will check the equalizer tomorrow and see if its broken. if it is that'd make it a easy fix,

There's probably a clutch shop in your area that can rebuild yours and reline the disc using modern friction materials. 

Try Centerforce.  They have all kinds of disks for Fords.  The dual friction unit is great.  I have their set up in two cars and they work very well.


54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

Checked the equalizer, pulled the inspection cover and check the cluch, nothing is out of place, all the springs are there, disc is in good condition, I guess I had upgraded to bigger clutch already, the pressure plate is much bigger than the 10" bolts all the way to the edge of the flywheel.

drives fine, no idea what was wrong, only happened once long time ago.  will drive it around some more and see what happens

Clutch disks are known to ‘stick’ to the flywheel when sitting for prolonged periods of time.  On the farm equipment, it’s advisable to depress the clutch pedal with a board or other prop so that the clutch is disengaged when equipment is going to sit dormant for several months at a time.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

My Thunderbolt would sit over the winter and the clutch would do the same thing. I would put it in low gear and rock the car back and forth until it broke loose. Was find after that. Larry Short