Daveyboy20 0 Posted August 25, 2007 Got my car back on the road after much expense and then the clutch ratchet broke :blink: Im assuming its broken, a spring dropped on the floor under the peddle and now it feels wierd and wont go into gear... I assume its broken although my countless efforts at trying to see/feel it have not really been succesful. Does anyone have one i can buy from them? And any advice on fitting one? I want my car back!! :ph34r: :gun: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bortaf 93 Posted August 25, 2007 Pearl part PCQ01 (try a spares shop), they come up on ebay as well. If you get real stuck i have 1 new one spare :blink: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daveyboy20 0 Posted August 25, 2007 I was gonna bid on one on ebay but ive been warned against non-ford ones? Is yours ford? If so i might buy it from you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bortaf 93 Posted August 25, 2007 I was gonna bid on one on ebay but ive been warned against non-ford ones? Is yours ford? If so i might buy it from you! no mines a pearl one, TBH you might not have a choice, not seen a ford on for a while, used pearl before but not put more than 10K on one yet so how long they last i couldn't say (except they do 10 K of my driving) :ph34r: so far :blink: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apjoe18 0 Posted August 27, 2007 its easier to fit it if you take the drivers seat out and lie on your back took me absoulutely ages to fit a clutch cable on mine after one of the red circular tabs broke as i took it apart!! trust me youll find out what i mean... :winner: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mangler 20 Posted August 27, 2007 its easier to fit it if you take the drivers seat out and lie on your back took me absoulutely ages to fit a clutch cable on mine after one of the red circular tabs broke as i took it apart!! trust me youll find out what i mean... :wine: One of the best solution years ago was to use a clutch pedal from an earlier model,ieCortina 3/4 for MK5. That rat-s**t must be one of Ford's best mistake's :winner: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daveyboy20 0 Posted August 27, 2007 Can you do that then and just bypass it with a different pedal? I hate it, stupid over complicated design, its not what old fords are supposed to be about. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cyrix 0 Posted August 27, 2007 Yeah, Fit one from a Mk3. Same adjustment method as the Capri's. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daveyboy20 0 Posted August 28, 2007 Well ive just bought one, should probs convert it to no ratchet but we'll see how long it lasts and then do it afterwards. Hopefully be here in a few days, cant bloody wait to get her back im lost without me cortina! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bortaf 93 Posted August 29, 2007 Well ive just bought one, should probs convert it to no ratchet but we'll see how long it lasts and then do it afterwards. Hopefully be here in a few days, cant bloody wait to get her back im lost without me cortina! Fit the long spring that runs down the back of the peddel LAST!!!!!! assemble the top of the peddle with the long spring hanging free of the peddle hole with some STRONG string or wire round the bottom hook and poked through the hole in the peddle to pull it through AFTER it's all back on and fully asembled. Do it that way or it'll be forever springing appart as you try to put in back on the box, the little red locating rings should come with the new kit along woth a new quadrant, pawl and pawl spring :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daveyboy20 0 Posted August 30, 2007 Well ive just bought one, should probs convert it to no ratchet but we'll see how long it lasts and then do it afterwards. Hopefully be here in a few days, cant bloody wait to get her back im lost without me cortina! Fit the long spring that runs down the back of the peddel LAST!!!!!! assemble the top of the peddle with the long spring hanging free of the peddle hole with some STRONG string or wire round the bottom hook and poked through the hole in the peddle to pull it through AFTER it's all back on and fully asembled. Do it that way or it'll be forever springing appart as you try to put in back on the box, the little red locating rings should come with the new kit along woth a new quadrant, pawl and pawl spring :winner: Cheers for the advice bortaf, Ill be attampting it either today or tomorrow. Not looking forward to doing it :poo: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cortinadale 4 Posted August 30, 2007 peice of . to do, do as bortaf says and you will not go wrong :winner: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daveyboy20 0 Posted August 31, 2007 (edited) Guys it driving me absolutely insane :drool: Ive got the pedal off but the brake one came loose as i pulled the shaft out too far. I dont know what order the shims and washers and so on go or where the R clip locates as i cant remember. Anyone got an exploded view of the whole thing (thats better than the bloody haynes effort) in place on the shaft including all the washers and so on? Also, does the ratchet have to be in mesh with the top bit when you put it on the shaft? Its so friggin fiddly its doing my head in! :cheers: Edited August 31, 2007 by Daveyboy20 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bortaf 93 Posted August 31, 2007 Yes it needs to be meshed :cheers: thats why you leave the long spring off cos it tensions the quadrant, i will get in the garage latere on see if i have a peddle box tp get a pic of, not sure of i still have one though?, after the clutch peddle is on there should be a spring washer, a flat washer then the R clip last but it will be hard to get it all on and squashed up enough to get the clip on as you have to slightly compress the sping (the twisted thin) washers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrT 0 Posted August 31, 2007 Somebody should have told him that you need three arms and be the size of a pigmy. :cheers: Last one I did took about 27 attempts. Good luck Davey :drool: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
