Clutch gone!!!!

Depends on what you mean by "no clutch". Does it not engage or does it not disengage? Does the pedal go to the floor with no resistance?

Congrats

Damaged/ leaking clutch fluid line?

could it be a failure with the hydraulics? (Unable to select first with engine running)

maybe check to see if fluid is in the resivior, pump the clutch to restore pressure to piston.

I once had to drive the Wife's TR6 home with out hydraulics, using the starter to begin rolling, kill motor to stop and shifting by rpm matching

Sort of depends on what they mean by "no clutch". Does that mean it wont disengage or wont engage?

If it cant disengage, (disconnect transaxle from engine) it may be a possible leak in hydraulic line and/or just needs to be bleed. If the car has sat for a while it could need seals in either the master or slave cylinder or just need to be bleed and exercised a bit.

If it wont engage (transmit torque), could be oil on pressure plate, or just worn out though this seems unlikely if it worked when loaded.

Upon arrival, it's easy enough to observe operation of the slave on the actuator arm as first course of action. Does the car have the conventional Pantera external slave cylinder arrangement?

If the car has a hydraulic throw out bearing installed instead of the conventional slave cylinder, sometimes, due to normal wear the hydraulic circuit wont allow the slave to release because as the clutch wears, which actually returns fluid to the master cylinder reservoir instead of using it. This comes from someone mistakenly topping up the master reservoir instead of leaving expansion volume available. Your a conventional slave this usually isn't a problem because the spring returns the slave to the same position regardless of clutch wear.

Good luck,
K

it arrives in about an hour...I'm having it dropped off at my local garage to see what the problem is...I can only suggest three courses of action at present...A/hit it with a hammer...B/ hit it with a bigger hammer.C/ sell it!

Sure. A.H. #A was driving the car up and down the loading ramps and burnt the thing out.

When you drop the cars off to the transport companies, no one can touch the thing but them.

You DO NOT want to watch them move the cars.

In the "old days" when they stored the cars on deck of the cargo ship, the longshormen literally walked across the tops of the cars leaving dents where their feet were.

Now they go in cargo boxes BUT someone, sometimes a creature masquerading as a human, needs to move the thing.

The bright side is they aren't difficult to do in a Pantera. Make sure that the shop resurfaces the flywheel as part of the process though.

They are going to HAVE TO READ the shop manual as far as the installation goes. It helps if they can read and not just look at the pictures?

Did you perchance document the mileage upon your purchase?

Based on my experience of having several cars transported, there is always a chance of "Joy Riding" the vehicle/s.

That is why I NOW Always document the mileage upon purchase!

I also request that my car/s be loaded FIRST at the front of the transport, thus eliminating the car/s being started ( The transport drivers are NOT bringing your car up to operating temperatures prior to driving the car!) & subsequently moved on & off the transport several needless times...Mark

There are far too many things that MIGHT have happened to speculate now. If the clutch master cylinder reservoir is empty, refill it, pump the clutch pedal a few times to work air up & out and fluid down, and that should make the car at least driveable. Then you can decide if the leak is serious enough that replacement will be necessary.

Replacing or refurbishing a Pantera clutch is not the end of the world nor is it unreasonably expensive or complicated, but it DOES take some experience with mid-engined machines. For instance, the ZF transaxle must come out and thats not straightforward. Next, Mustang parts from the Internet will NOT reliably bolt in, in spite of what you might hear. There will be far less heartache if you use real Pantera-specified parts from a Pantera dealer, if thats what is decided upon. There are a LOT of Panteras running around- mine included that has had a hard life- that still have the OEM clutch pressure plate and clutch plate, with no slippage. Good luck.

Probably just a clutch master or slave cylinder.
If they both look old, replace both at the same time and save yourself the trouble of replacing one only to find the problem was the other.