79 engine 83 trans what year clutch parts and flywheel?
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79 engine 83 trans what year clutch parts and flywheel?
firebirdslayer666 told me a few months ago but i cant remember. the engine is a 79 and the trans is an 83 and my clutch is staring to slip so i need to know what parts i need to replace and what year they need to be for. i would assume the flywheel needs to be for a 79 but ill probably just have the factory one resurfaced.
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i probably will go with an exedy from ebay. does anybody have any idea what its gonna cost to have the clutch kit installed and to have my flywheel resurfaced?
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I wish I could do it myself but I don't really have a place to do it nor do I have a trans Jack. So it's gonna be about $500 after the price of the clutch kit. That's like 1/4 the cost of a TII swap from eBay! Wish I could just save up the money for the TII!
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You don't need a special jack for the transmission. Just a jack on the bell housing and a jack stand on the tail shaft. Pop it loose and lower it. It only weighs maybe 50 pounds once drained.
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You don't even need a jack, I've done it a couple times with just my hands. If you want to make it real easy get someone to help you, one on the bellhousing and another on the tailshaft and it'll be out in no time. I find it's easier to put it back in by hand too, easier to line up the shaft than with a jack.
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I might just try to do it myself in my sister garage. That'll save me some money. What trans fluid is recomended? Can I get the gasket that goes between the engine and trans from an auto parts store?
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There is no gasket between the engine and trans, unless you're talking about the seal on the input shaft of the tranny, which doesn't need to be replaced unless it looks like it's leaking.
Shouldn't be a problem without a torque wrench, the only thing you might want one for is the pressure plate to flywheel bolts. But you should be fine just using blue loctite and tightening evenly.
Good luck getting the flywheel nut off unless you have a good impact wrench. Torque spec is 300-350ft/lbs I've done it with a long pipe on a 1/2" breaker bar, but you need the car nice and high to have room to turn the pipe. If there's no bluing and the surface looks okay on the flywheel you can just scuff it up a bit with sandpaper/scotch brite pad.
Shouldn't be a problem without a torque wrench, the only thing you might want one for is the pressure plate to flywheel bolts. But you should be fine just using blue loctite and tightening evenly.
Good luck getting the flywheel nut off unless you have a good impact wrench. Torque spec is 300-350ft/lbs I've done it with a long pipe on a 1/2" breaker bar, but you need the car nice and high to have room to turn the pipe. If there's no bluing and the surface looks okay on the flywheel you can just scuff it up a bit with sandpaper/scotch brite pad.
The TII swap might cost $2000, but getting someone to install it will cost also. Replacing a clutch is a good place to learn how to wrench on a 7. Trochoid and I replaced the clutch in my 1986 RX-7 a few weeks back and we did not pull the engine. All we used was four good quality jack stands.
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Good luck getting the flywheel nut off unless you have a good impact wrench. Torque spec is 300-350ft/lbs I've done it with a long pipe on a 1/2" breaker bar, but you need the car nice and high to have room to turn the pipe. If there's no bluing and the surface looks okay on the flywheel you can just scuff it up a bit with sandpaper/scotch brite pad.
Yes, it is the nut that holds the flywheel on. No pic needed. It's the big 2 1/8" (54mm) nut. If you don't pull the engine when replacing the clutch plan on having an impact gun with a big compressor handy. I cranked my 80 gallon compressor to 150 pounds and the impact gun took the nut right off.
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There is no gasket between the engine and trans, unless you're talking about the seal on the input shaft of the tranny, which doesn't need to be replaced unless it looks like it's leaking.
Shouldn't be a problem without a torque wrench, the only thing you might want one for is the pressure plate to flywheel bolts. But you should be fine just using blue loctite and tightening evenly.
Good luck getting the flywheel nut off unless you have a good impact wrench. Torque spec is 300-350ft/lbs I've done it with a long pipe on a 1/2" breaker bar, but you need the car nice and high to have room to turn the pipe. If there's no bluing and the surface looks okay on the flywheel you can just scuff it up a bit with sandpaper/scotch brite pad.
Shouldn't be a problem without a torque wrench, the only thing you might want one for is the pressure plate to flywheel bolts. But you should be fine just using blue loctite and tightening evenly.
Good luck getting the flywheel nut off unless you have a good impact wrench. Torque spec is 300-350ft/lbs I've done it with a long pipe on a 1/2" breaker bar, but you need the car nice and high to have room to turn the pipe. If there's no bluing and the surface looks okay on the flywheel you can just scuff it up a bit with sandpaper/scotch brite pad.
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You don't even need a jack, I've done it a couple times with just my hands. If you want to make it real easy get someone to help you, one on the bellhousing and another on the tailshaft and it'll be out in no time. I find it's easier to put it back in by hand too, easier to line up the shaft than with a jack.
the trans is like 70lbs, so if you can do a few pushups its not hard....
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