Getting close to having my barn find Pantera complete. I bought it disassembled and have been assembling the car without having the benefit of pictures or other original assembly experience with the car.
I am hoping that someone can send pictures of their slave cylinder bracket with a dimension for me.
The new clutch master/slave/ss lines were all properly installed and blead but the clutch does not release all the way. I can see through the opening in the bell housing that it begins to release, but not enough. There is no air in the system so take that off the table. The free play is also adjusted properly. Very basic stuff here that we got right.
Reading the forums I believe that the throw out bearing arm angle on the shaft was incorrect. Almost positive about that because the angle on mine compared to others is way different. The problem however is that when reinstalling the slave cylinder and slave cylinder bracket after putting the arm in at the correct angle, the free play stop on the slave cylinder bracket interferes with the free play stop on the throw out bearing arm so I can't even get the bracket on the gearbox. .
Looking at pictures on line, it appears that the free play stop on the slave cylinder bracket on my car is WAY longer than what I see in pictures on other cars. Could someone measure their bracket for me please?? See attached pictures. On my car, the distance from the bracket supporting the slave cylinder to the gearbox to the end of the free play adjustment arm is 2". Looks long compared to others that I have seen...
