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Expert: - 12/8/2007


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Purchased a 1963 ranchero. Bad shape. The whole tranny and motor shake when trying to engage in gear. Any ideas. Also how do you adjust the clutch. Do the adjustments under the dash and in the engine compartment go forward or back and can you adjust the nut attached to the clutch activator.

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Paul, I need a whole lot more information to be of any help here. First, does the engine run smoothly when idling? Have you done anything to it since you bought it? Does the car move and drive? If so does it shake all the time that you are driving? Why do you want to adjust the clutch? Those two nuts are the only adjustment and one direction will raise the free play in the pedal and the other will lower the free play. If you think that adjusting the clutch will smooth it out, it won't.
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All automotive including antique and collectible. However if the car has been modified I can only answer in general terms and maybe get you pointed in the right direction.

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Automotive tech instructor. Syndicated auto columnist 1970's though the early 1990's. Syndicated auto radio talk show, Ask Brad About cars, CBS Radio 70's through 90's TV Show "Last Chance Garage" 1980's PBS-TV syndicated. Auto instructor for the following companies: Fram Autolyte Holly Carter AMF Ford Motor University Of Conn Blue Hills Technical School Sugar River Technical Center Grew up in a family garage in Needham Mass and turned wrenches from the age of 14.

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Manchester Union Leader, Nashua Telegraph, Motor Service Magazine, Yankee Magazine, Popular Mechanics (Saturday Mechanic early 80's), Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and lots more.

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More than I care to remember. Basically Franklin Technical Institute in Boston, Northeastern University, Fitchburg State Teachers College, Tufts University, and a lot of factory schools along the way.

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Moto Award winner. And much more.

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