Hey guys just had a few questions. my clutch went out on my 240 and imma try to replace it my self instead of taking it to a shop...does anyone know what tools I might need? Or perhaps has a how 2 guide or something....thank u

 

jack stands, 14mm 17mm, extentions... swivle (sp) fluids, etc... bench pressing power, air tools will help u many...

 

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You'll need some axle grease for the T/O and pilot bearings, lever, and collar. If you plan on draining the tranny first (because oil will come out if the tilt the tranny with no driveshaft) then you'll need some fluid to put back in.

Here's how I'd do it after the car is in the air:
1. undo the shifter boots (you don't want to be That Guy and f them up because you forgot)
2. drain trans fluid
3. remove driveshaft
4. remove clutch slave
5. remove all bellhousing/block bolts - engine is now supported by trans crossmember and input shaft.
6. carefully remove crossmemeber bolts
7. wiggle the tranny until it comes loose.
8. do 10 reps benching the tranny because you can.
9. Bam! there is a pressure plate/clutch/and some bearings. Now replace them.
10. When reassembling the pressure plate, don't forget to use the alignment tool.
11. Assembly is the reverse of disassembly.

If you're going to remove the flywheel (to get it resurfaced) a trick I use is to bolt a section of chain between the flywheel and block by using a pressure plate bolt and tranny bolt. Now you can loosen the flywheel bolts. You could also jam a wrench on the main pulley nut, but that's not so effective when the nut starts to loosen.

You'll also need some sort of bench vise or press to mount/dismount the T/O bearing on the collar. Most people don't bother with the pilot bushing, but AutoZone will loan you the tool.