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Old 09-09-2009, 11:49 PM
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hey guys, i have been quite buissy sving up money for my car with my job so i havent been on here much but anywho i just got off work and my day was going amazing, awsome day at work, got paid, and it couldnt get any better. well i turned onto the street and shifted from 2nd to 3rd and accelerated then pushed in the clutch to shift from 3rd to 4th and BAM my clutch went to the floor with no resistence (luckly i was able to cruise into a empty parking lot) and my day just got a little better. I snapped my clutch cable and i was wondering how easy it was to replace. i went looking for a replace mnt and there are also different lenght cables. a 59in and a 60.125 or somthing. how do i knnow which one to get and can anyone with experience tell me how to replace this thing. I wana get her back on her feet again. thanks guys
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Old 09-10-2009, 01:01 AM
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clutch cables are easy as pie, I personally suggest getting a MM OEM cable.. there cheap and work great. I have had the same cable for the past few years with no issues
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Old 09-10-2009, 01:05 AM
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+1 on the maxium motorsports setup with the factory ford cable
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Old 09-10-2009, 02:18 AM
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its a crappy feeling when that happens huh lol i never had it happen on my previous cars so when mine went out i was scared but they are cake to install and i would recomend going with the steeda setup from american muscle i love it! it comes with a firewall adjuster and a new clutch quadrent and the new cable for 100 dollars trust me when you get the fire wall adjuster in it makes a WORLD of difference.
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Old 09-10-2009, 03:23 PM
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alright thanks guys for the help guys i will definatly look into getting those cables. any idea on length?
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Old 09-10-2009, 11:59 PM
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ford racing adjustable cable and quadrent
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Old 09-11-2009, 01:14 PM
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The factory Ford cables are among the better ones out there.Ford Racing & MM have them.
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Old 09-12-2009, 02:01 PM
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alright guys well today i worked onmy clutch cable and i got everything hooked up but it feels like the cable is too long and not giving me any tension. how do i fex the problem?
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Just be sure to get the firewall adjuster. Great thing that firewall adjuster is.
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Old 09-12-2009, 02:24 PM
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so all i need is a firewall adjuster and it should work fine? also does anyon have any pics they could share with me, its a really tight space to work in and a pain in the but to sqeeze under the steering wheel haha thanks guys!
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