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Flathead Fever · 07-01-2025, 10:44 PM

I was a fleet mechanic for 30-years. In the beginning there were almost 400 vehicles with manual transmissions, we put in a ton of clutches, a coupled of them every week. I'd never let go of the core clutch until the new one was in place and working. When I'd pull the old clutch out, I would set it down flat next to the new clutch and compare its height, the height of the machined part of the pressure plate compared to the new one, and the height of the clutch disc compared to the new one. Every once in a while, I got one that didn't match, and it turned out to be boxed wrong. I'm not saying this is what's wrong with yours, but it does happen. If it worked before with '39 trans I don't think the '32 trans would make a difference. Pretty sure everything is in the same place. I'm not sure if it's just an adjustment problem or something else. I was fortunate to work on vehicles that nobody had messed with them, so I knew the parts all worked together at one time.

07-01-2025, 10:44 PM	#14
Flathead Fever Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Yucaipa, CA Posts: 1,359	Re: Mercury Pressure plate problem I was a fleet mechanic for 30-years. In the beginning there were almost 400 vehicles with manual transmissions, we put in a ton of clutches, a coupled of them every week. I'd never let go of the core clutch until the new one was in place and working. When I'd pull the old clutch out, I would set it down flat next to the new clutch and compare its height, the height of the machined part of the pressure plate compared to the new one, and the height of the clutch disc compared to the new one. Every once in a while, I got one that didn't match, and it turned out to be boxed wrong. I'm not saying this is what's wrong with yours, but it does happen. If it worked before with '39 trans I don't think the '32 trans would make a difference. Pretty sure everything is in the same place. I'm not sure if it's just an adjustment problem or something else. I was fortunate to work on vehicles that nobody had messed with them, so I knew the parts all worked together at one time.