@haydude posted:Thanks for your responses.
SteveBucanan: There is pedal travel before it starts to engage the pressure plate.
PanteraDoug: This whole new setup was purchased through a Pantera Vendor.
Could be a bad pressure plate. I'm thinking I will have to take it back out to do some investigating.
You need to set it up as if it is a constant contact throwout bearing, i.e., therefore, the bearing at rest sits in contact with the clutch fingers.
There should be a little play in the clutch foot pedal. Enough that you can move it a little with your hand.
You actually have to work backwards in that you need to place the feeler gauge in the clutch and tighten down on the system until it holds the clutch disengaged.
If you don't have the long throw slave cylinder in, you should. I think that the number you are looking for is 1-1/8"+ travel. It is almost there. I think this is an adjustment issue?
I personally have had issues with "Long pressure plates". When you go to bolt them down, sometimes not all of the bolt holes align with the flywheel and you need to "twist" the dam pressure plate to get all of the retaining bolts started, then tighten them in a pattern like you would with an intake manifold. They are stamped steel and I think that the "high performance" pressure springs twist them some?
I haven't had that issue with the diaphram style since those pressure plates (clutch cover) are cast.
Be patient with this setup. Panteras really are a pita to set up but once you get the hang of it the fog tends to clear and you see the picture.