Ray,
Quit messin with these guy's and put that new clutch you bought in the Bronco. Your driven these people goofy! You got a nice run at it though!!!!

 

i only wish i had a new clutch for it, i knew i should have asked my wife for that for christmas!

 

was walking thru the garage, kicked the pressure plate and was thinking about getting bolts.. anyone know if the screws are a special type for the pressure plate to flywheel, mine are all tore up heads rounded off and such.. well not all them..

 

Ford or other supplier. Or maybe just Wal-mart in the plastic pack...

ARP 150-2201 Pressure Plate Bolts

 

well heck now that i know the size i can go get some at home depot,5/16-18, 1/2 in. Hex Head, mine look allot different though, like they have built in flastwashers and smaller hex heads.

 

The link I posted is generic, not researched as specific to your application. Look at the bolts. They have a shoulder on them. I doubt you can find bolts like that at HD. Even if they are grade 8s.

Best bet is Ford if you want to be certain.

The a-hole in me wants to suggest that since the bent pressure plate finger does not bother you, why would rounded bolts be a problem? Got Vice-grips?

 

actually i could just weld a nut over the sripped out hex head.. or just weld the pressur eplate right to the flywheel! save a step all togeather!

 

well thinking about putting it togeather, still havent decided to cut it off or bend it back..

 

well still havent got it togeather! got a kick outa reading this thread again tho.

i musta been in a comical mood.

 

got good news, a guy had a pressure plate he was gonna throw away with no bent fingers on it, im gonna use it! looks allot better then mine! and i got it free! woo hoo!!!!!`

will keep the other as a spare.

 

Sill sitting on that free engine! Thinking of ways to get the water out of the cylinders i turned it upside doen and it came out the gp holes!!

 

So I'm reading this because i pulled my second engine ever on Monday (the first one was about an hour prior lol) and I had my tow truck slightly crooked, the boom and winch were square over the engine, but about half inch to the driver's side while pulling. I ended up slightly bending one finger on the pressure plate and have this same concern, I'm buying a new plate, but I want to mount this conversation tomorrow and see if it'll drive. Your pictures 'timed out?' Cus there no longer there. Could you maybe post another if you still have one? The finger I bent is no more then half the width out of square, is that alot? Or is that "bandaid-able" for a Brief, see if it runs test.

 

So how did it work out?