[Michael C Henry]

I adjusted the clutch last weekend and it had a lot of free travel. I was expecting it to last untill winter. iI drovre it down town. I had to get the car out of the garage and through the yard to the alley. I killed it once at a stop light early in the trip. I had to get it rolling once from a stop on a hill. I took all the ramps in the parking garage at a roll. The clutch felt as if it had worn a bunch as the free travel felt allmost nill. I got in a panic and arranged for a tow. When my help arrived, after everything had cooled down, it felt as if their was some free travel but less noticable then when I started this trip, as if the return spring had fallen off. The clutch throwout arm spring is still in place. At any rate I was concerned about the throwout bearing running continuesly and seizing up and taking out the pressure plate fingers. I would like to take the cheap way out and just replace the clutch disc and throwout bearing. If possible soon.
I thought I had an 11 1/2" clutch, as I had a Ford 11 1/2" clutch on a 406 in 1968. But I find McLeod only makes 10", 10 1/2", 11", and 12". Back in 2001 or 2002 I did request that McLeod remove my old worn heat sheild from my McLeod alluminum flywheel and machine for and install a 12' heatsheild. I thought I had replaced the disc at that time with a McLeod Dual Performance disc. They apparently do not make that clutch disc any longer. As I remember the pressure plate is the Mcleod Borg & Beck long Style as I remember the holes in the cover near the bolt holes. I had McLeod repair my McLeod repair my damaged presure plate. So I want a the best clutch disc for my car. Would other brand clutch discs be interchangeable with maybe better lining material?