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Sorry- I don't spend a lot of time on any one Forum, 'cause I'm on six, so.... I hesitate to diagnose clutch problems ar a distance. One car that I tried this on, the owner was unsuccessful in following my guesses. He was only 30 miles away so I went over there. The clutch bellcrank above the bellhousing was adjusted so far off, the clutch was half-disconnected at all times! No wonder the poor thing was slipping. It took wrenches and large pry-bars to 'disconnect' the linkage enough so a real adjustment could be done. I moved the splined lever THREE splines on its shaft and the car then drove normally.
FWIW, our '72 Pantera has 90,000 miles, was autocrossed weekly for 8 years and open-tracked many, many times. It's on its second pumped-up engine and the clutch is one of the few parts that is still 1972-OEM. Driven reasonably, they don't wear out that fast.
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