Ive Broken the mighty
Thread Starter
Happily retired
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 7,707
Likes: 238
From: Hampshire
Ive Broken the mighty
TKO.
Been moaning about my clutch since ive had the car back, inconsistent bite point making it difficult to enjoy driving.
At 3pm today Mark said will only take 15min to drop box & check all is OK.
All seemed fine but closer inspection revealed the release bearing carrier had broken off, Held by the bearing it looked fine. Fitted 10+years ago it had an external slave cylinder pushing the orginal fork, the extra push had fatigued & finally broken the carrier. It had started cracking years ago & at some stage finally broken off. How i had driven it like that ive no idea but i had, I simply got to cope with the problem.
Coombe seemed a long way off.
Sometimes fate takes a hand the last TKO conversion Mark did was mine but Nicks Capri is having it done so a brand new box with piped up centre push bearing was standing on the floor before us. A quick phone call to Nick & i had the bits to proceed. It all fitted perfectly, even the pipes were inch perfect & fitted the same clips. The clutch now feels so good it cant be right
.
By this time we were all knackered so prop & various other bits will be fitted tomorrow lets hope it works as good as it feels.
I would like to thank Mark, Deano & Nick for keeping the show on the road when i was not booked in
.
I now have to do 2 days bird at MAD to help get a couple of customers cars back on track.
Been moaning about my clutch since ive had the car back, inconsistent bite point making it difficult to enjoy driving.
At 3pm today Mark said will only take 15min to drop box & check all is OK.
All seemed fine but closer inspection revealed the release bearing carrier had broken off, Held by the bearing it looked fine. Fitted 10+years ago it had an external slave cylinder pushing the orginal fork, the extra push had fatigued & finally broken the carrier. It had started cracking years ago & at some stage finally broken off. How i had driven it like that ive no idea but i had, I simply got to cope with the problem.
Coombe seemed a long way off.
Sometimes fate takes a hand the last TKO conversion Mark did was mine but Nicks Capri is having it done so a brand new box with piped up centre push bearing was standing on the floor before us. A quick phone call to Nick & i had the bits to proceed. It all fitted perfectly, even the pipes were inch perfect & fitted the same clips. The clutch now feels so good it cant be right
.By this time we were all knackered so prop & various other bits will be fitted tomorrow lets hope it works as good as it feels.
I would like to thank Mark, Deano & Nick for keeping the show on the road when i was not booked in
.I now have to do 2 days bird at MAD to help get a couple of customers cars back on track.
TKO.
Been moaning about my clutch since ive had the car back, inconsistent bite point making it difficult to enjoy driving.
At 3pm today Mark said will only take 15min to drop box & check all is OK.
All seemed fine but closer inspection revealed the release bearing carrier had broken off, Held by the bearing it looked fine. Fitted 10+years ago it had an external slave cylinder pushing the orginal fork, the extra push had fatigued & finally broken the carrier. It had started cracking years ago & at some stage finally broken off. How i had driven it like that ive no idea but i had, I simply got to cope with the problem.
Coombe seemed a long way off.
Sometimes fate takes a hand the last TKO conversion Mark did was mine but Nicks Capri is having it done so a brand new box with piped up centre push bearing was standing on the floor before us. A quick phone call to Nick & i had the bits to proceed. It all fitted perfectly, even the pipes were inch perfect & fitted the same clips. The clutch now feels so good it cant be right.
By this time we were all knackered so prop & various other bits will be fitted tomorrow lets hope it works as good as it feels.
I would like to thank Mark, Deano & Nick for keeping the show on the road when i was not booked in.
I now have to do 2 days bird at MAD to help get a couple of customers cars back on track.
Been moaning about my clutch since ive had the car back, inconsistent bite point making it difficult to enjoy driving.
At 3pm today Mark said will only take 15min to drop box & check all is OK.
All seemed fine but closer inspection revealed the release bearing carrier had broken off, Held by the bearing it looked fine. Fitted 10+years ago it had an external slave cylinder pushing the orginal fork, the extra push had fatigued & finally broken the carrier. It had started cracking years ago & at some stage finally broken off. How i had driven it like that ive no idea but i had, I simply got to cope with the problem.
Coombe seemed a long way off.
Sometimes fate takes a hand the last TKO conversion Mark did was mine but Nicks Capri is having it done so a brand new box with piped up centre push bearing was standing on the floor before us. A quick phone call to Nick & i had the bits to proceed. It all fitted perfectly, even the pipes were inch perfect & fitted the same clips. The clutch now feels so good it cant be right
.By this time we were all knackered so prop & various other bits will be fitted tomorrow lets hope it works as good as it feels.
I would like to thank Mark, Deano & Nick for keeping the show on the road when i was not booked in
.I now have to do 2 days bird at MAD to help get a couple of customers cars back on track.
Im looking forward to seeing this thing go!!!
cheers danny
Iv got the tko 600 in there now so im hoping that will last aswell as rods...
cheers danny
Trending Topics
Come over and say hi???
cheers danny
how much is a tko 600 nowadays ??
danny im going to be on your case for a session on the passenger seat at national day or ford fair mate,
was gutted when the clutch went at brands lol
beef
danny im going to be on your case for a session on the passenger seat at national day or ford fair mate,
was gutted when the clutch went at brands lol
beef
As i have always said, the ONLY way to run a Cosworth is to have a total match of identical parts to rob and swap over to keep it going 
.... You going for 214+ this year then Rod?
.... You going for 214+ this year then Rod?
Thread Starter
Happily retired
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 7,707
Likes: 238
From: Hampshire
Its not built for track work, ive used it daily as my road car since its return. Still putting miles on it so only at 1.2bar.
For those interested its on the MAD/Spec-R stand come & have a chat.
Thread Starter
Happily retired
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 7,707
Likes: 238
From: Hampshire
No mate i bought it from kev sharp who got it through martoon
Its well over due mate your welcome anytime!!
Will be good to see your motor i will come and say hello..
cheers danny
Should be there Danny, although I have a family problem that may stop me being their.
Its not built for track work, ive used it daily as my road car since its return. Still putting miles on it so only at 1.2bar.
For those interested its on the MAD/Spec-R stand come & have a chat.
Its not built for track work, ive used it daily as my road car since its return. Still putting miles on it so only at 1.2bar.
For those interested its on the MAD/Spec-R stand come & have a chat.
cheers danny
Thread Starter
Happily retired
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 7,707
Likes: 238
From: Hampshire
PassionFord Post Whore!!
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 3,902
Likes: 12
From: south london
PassionFord Post Whore!!
iTrader: (1)
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 6,807
Likes: 0
From: south wales, swansea
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Focosmitch
Ford Focus RS Parts for Sale.
5
Mar 9, 2016 01:03 PM
155lee
Ford RS Turbo Parts for Sale
20
Oct 24, 2015 11:11 AM
nicodinho
Ford Non RS / XR / ST parts for sale.
6
Oct 7, 2015 12:56 PM