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To: DUMBGRUNT

Off topic. I sold a 2004 Mustang GT with 140,000 miles and 9 years old which still had the original clutch. May have helped that I have driven a stick for 55 years.


55 posted on 06/04/2020 12:46:59 PM PDT by Stentor
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To: Stentor

Off topic.
I have driven a stick for 55 years.

Not at all off topic!

Over the years you have developed many responses to many, many variables. Wet, dry, fast, slow, maximum acceleration, and lots more. Plus muscle memory to make the clutch do as you wish.
All that and a parameter for long service life.

I’m guessing that if it was a manual set up with your foot feeling the ‘good vibrations’, you could put many miles on it without issue.

Programing your knowledge base into a controller with a mechanical hydraulic operation?
Ford was in a hurry.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.


57 posted on 06/04/2020 3:53:39 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: Stentor

PS:
If you have the time, take a look at the link in #34.

Starting at the 41-minute mark and it runs for a few minutes.

Some insight into why Ford did not do it correctly the first time.


58 posted on 06/04/2020 3:59:11 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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