:
: I've gotten a 1975 /6 Duster for parts, and am
: taking it apart now. It has some good
: 'options', like manual steering and a 4
: speed. I just pulled out the transmission,
: and it turned out to be an iron case
: non-overdrive A-833! It didn't have the
: cast-in ID pad on the right side, though.
: The clutch was a HD 10 inch assembly.
: Evidently the throwout bearing was locking
: up, because all 3 fingers of the Borg &
: Beck pressure plate were worn badly on the
: tips. This car sat and was started once in a
: while for 10 years in some guys' front yard
: out in the woods.
:
: My big concern is the flywheel. All the starter
: teeth look ok, and there are no black spots
: on the friction surface. But I see radial
: (like spokes in a 20 inch bike wheel) lines
: all around it. They do not catch my
: fingernail when scraped across them. I've
: heard that these can be the start of stress
: cracks, which eventually results in an
: exploded flywheel. Can I have these marks
: machined out and be ok, or is this flywheel
: junk?
:
: Every time I ask the auto parts people for the
: spring load on a pressure plate, they don't
: know and neither does their dumb computer
: system.

: I've gotten a 1975 /6 Duster for parts, and am
: taking it apart now. It has some good
: 'options', like manual steering and a 4
: speed. I just pulled out the transmission,
: and it turned out to be an iron case
: non-overdrive A-833! It didn't have the
: cast-in ID pad on the right side, though.
: The clutch was a HD 10 inch assembly.
: Evidently the throwout bearing was locking
: up, because all 3 fingers of the Borg &
: Beck pressure plate were worn badly on the
: tips. This car sat and was started once in a
: while for 10 years in some guys' front yard
: out in the woods.
:
: My big concern is the flywheel. All the starter
: teeth look ok, and there are no black spots
: on the friction surface. But I see radial
: (like spokes in a 20 inch bike wheel) lines
: all around it. They do not catch my
: fingernail when scraped across them. I've
: heard that these can be the start of stress
: cracks, which eventually results in an
: exploded flywheel. Can I have these marks
: machined out and be ok, or is this flywheel
: junk?
:
: Every time I ask the auto parts people for the
: spring load on a pressure plate, they don't
: know and neither does their dumb computer
: system.