clutch slips when I get on the gas.

New clutch time for sure.

Did you have your flywheel resurfaced when you did the clutch previously?

Clutches also need to be broken in properly, or they can wear improperly or slip.

You might also have a transmission front mainshaft seal or rear main seal leaking fluid onto your clutch.

I'd make sure you get a higher pressure pressure plate as well.

There's many venders here that can sell you a solid clutch setup that will last.

Check your clutch for proper adjustment and gap through the inspection hole in the bell housing. If all looks good there, then spray some CRC Brake Kleen on the clutch through the inspection hole to make sure there's no oil contamination, then check to see if it's still slipping.

Check out these links for how to properly adjust your clutch:
1. http://pantera.infopop.cc/eve/...0045562/m/125102346/
2. http://www.panteraplace.com/page124.htm
3. http://www.spacecitypanteras.com/techinfo/Clutch/

And after you've done the above, if it's still slipping, you need a new clutch.

As Garth said, check your adjustment. ANY new clutch will need wholesale adjustments of the entire system because the parts are never exactly the same thickness. I've seen some Pantera clutches that 'slipped' a little with a new clutch because they ran two or more splines too much preload on the external bellcrank release mechanism. The adjustment procedure in in your Red Owners Manual and is a good place to start. There's also good info in the TSB listings.

webbers, forgive me but I think something is fundamentally wrong in the way you have approached your Clutch and associated trouble you are having with it. I see you have STARTED 5 Threads since 2012 concerning Clutch issues. They are all related and I would think that you would benefit more from sticking to one Thread and "follow it home" Secondly when other posters are trying to give their advice, my advice would be to follow up on it rather than not taking proper action on the problem and then a while later just start another Thread, or am I wrong? It is really not Rocket Scientism but some simple steps MUST be followed or that Clutch will never be on your side. If you keep driving with a slipping Clutch its days are really numbered! In other words a slipping Clutch is doomed if not attended to and fixed. It is most likely just a simple issue like TOO less tolerance between Throw-out Bearing and the Pressure Plate Fingers (3 or Multi fingers makes no difference). There must be NO tension on the Lever/Slaver Cylinder..... There MUST be play!!!

PLEASE get some physical help on that Clutch issue by a Pro if you are not able to understand the Fundamentals fully! That is no shame and ultimately it is much cheaper than burning your Clutch and/or damage other Parts.

Fixing the Clutch problem is easy, why? because if you don't do it correctly it just won't work correctly


Jan

I just want to add that you did not say which clutch you have installed.

The Centerforce dual friction for instance WILL go through a period where it will slip briefly.
It is more like a chirp rather than driving down the road and seeing your rpm's rising while the car isn't going any faster though.
There is a difference.

What happens is that the flywheel side of the clutch disc has to take the factory glazing off of the lining.

It doesn't show as such when you look at the new disc but it is there and that is the hard side of the dual durameter lining.

At times it feels like the new automatic transmissions trying to go into full lockup.

Some cars take longer to get over this than others.

That, the Centerforce, is also a diaphram fingered pressure plate. You do not want the throwout bearing riding on the fingers as the initial adjustment.

The clutch will heat up as the engine does and will put release pressure on the fingers if you adjust it that way, causing it to partially release while you are driving.

A long clutch (three finger) needs a MINIMUM of something like .035 clearance at full release and a diaphram (centerforce) .045".

You measure this with a feeler gauge at full release between the disc/flywheel/pressure plate.

The original type three fingered clutch adjusts differently and has a different feel to it. The in/out feel through the pedal is different and some mechanics do not understand the difference.

The diaphram is smoother and less herky/jerky but slips more doring break in.