Well, this is the kind of work the installer did in Reno when I bought the car in '07. He's closed up shop now.
The bracket is hogged out and he used the large nuts as spacers....what a mess. I'll have to find a new bracket or better yet try to find a chunk of aluminum and make my own. The Slave cyl. has to be spaced back as it is too close to the yoke....very odd.
The Slave cyl. has an internal spring that pushes the rod and intern allows the throwout bearing to rest on the clutch and spin all the time. In other posts about clutches on Cobra Club this seems common practice although it doesn't set well with me.
Why the slave has a spring in it is confusing. A return spring would have to be huge to overcome the slave spring. There's a place to add a pedal return spring under the dash but the pedal is free and adds no pressure to the slave???????
Maybe I can have someone fill the bracket with aluminum weld and re drill it. I am not sure exactly what I'm going to do right now ...I'm just pissed it was put together this way. Again...owners that had their engines installed in Reno, check yours also!
