View Single Post
  #22 (permalink)  
Old 05-24-2007, 07:01 PM
shelby racer's Avatar
shelby racer shelby racer is offline
CC Member
Visit my Photo Gallery

 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Santa Cruz, ca
Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby CSX4788 with a Dawkins performance 490 ci iron genesis block hydrualic roller
Posts: 246
Not Ranked     
Default Dooooh! found why the motor was Locked up

Okay - a local cobra guru (Chris Dawkins) came up and helped me tear into my cobra. It turns out I was using a truck bell housing that bound the clucth as it was tightened down. Pull the tranny - it is all free. Pull the bell housing and the motor turns. With the inspection plate off the bottom of the bell housing I could see it bound up. Chris is going to hook me up with a real cobra bell housing.

The clutch master cylinder also turned out to be clogged and in need of a rebuild (even though it was brand new / never used). The key was that I was getting fluid to it but not gravity feeding out of it to the slave.

Hopefully when I get done moving and get to start thrashing on the cobra again it will not take long before it is running.

John(;-)
__________________
Racing, bull fighting and mountain climbing are the only true sports, everything else is just a game. - Hemmingway
Reply With Quote