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Clutch time
I have a 1988 F-350 DRW 7.3 IDI ZF 5 speed that I rarely use. Basically a farm truck that rarely ever goes 500 miles a year. Only two 50 mile trips to town so far this year. It's a good truck with a good engine. I just fired it off for the first time since March and it started immediately, so quickly it scared me :-)
Anyway, the last few years it's been increasingly more difficult to get it in reverse. For quite a while I could put in first then quickly shift into reverse. Now it just won't go into reverse unless I put it in and crank it up that way. Over this time since the difficulty began, the engine has spun up under power maybe ten times if I give it too much power under load or if running the cruise control. Obviously the clutch is going out. I can't think of anything else it could be. The pedal also sucks down to the floor sometimes and I can't feather the clutch to slow it down when going in reverse. The ability of the clutch to disengage goes away if I do that.
So... I'm not sure if this thing has a dual mass flywheel or not. Is there any way for the mechanically challenged to verify flywheel type without taking it apart?
Say it is a DMF, with the very intermittent usage this truck gets, what are the odds of success if I just have the clutch assembly replaced and leave the flywheel as is? There is no symptomatic clattering to indicate a bad flywheel when in operation or when shutting down the engine.
I know the smart thing to do is go for the luk conversion but if I can avoid the $600 for that kit, I would rather just do the clutch. Any reasonable chances of success in this case?
Thanks,
Don
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