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[patrickt]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

"Stupid is, as stupid does. That's all I have to say about that."

Uh-huh, have you checked your pressure plate bolts lately?

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Uh-huh, have you checked your pressure plate bolts lately?

What's a pressure plate and why does it need any bolts?

I let my team of mechanics handle the details.

So hitting a safety inspector in Germany hitting a boulder is as stupid as someone (me) not checking that my pressure plate bolts are torqued down properly? I'll get right on it. I don't want to be stupid, at least this week.

OK, I'll bite. How many cars have crashed and/or burned and how many lives have been lost due to loose or missing pressure plate bolts?

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

How many cars have crashed and/or burned and how many lives have been lost due to loose or missing pressure plate bolts?

The Kirkhams report three (not lives lost, but serious problems). I thought you had been following this thread and just hadn't posted. TKO600 clutch If you haven't read the thread, take a moment and do so -- especially if you have an aluminum flywheel. Checking the bolts will take you about 15 minutes if you dangle a remote bump switch under the car. It'll take much longer if you bump it over using the key. It didn't occur to me to dangle the remote switch down through the engine bay until I had bumped it over maybe 20 times with the key.