Mustang 5. 0 Clutch Job - Part Two - Rear Main Seal & Clutch Install
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Date: 2024-07-30
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BillMalcolm-tn3kq
If you are watching this video on 7/29/24 or 7/30/24 and you don't fall asleep
Too late, I fell asleep, twice. Once late evening 29th, second about three hours later early am on the 30th. No, sorry, I woke up at those times, I guess. Yeah, that's it. Whatever, it's your soothing voice. Guess I'll abandon another attempt, which would be number three. Whoa, what was that A train driving right through the garage door No panic, back to sleep. Looked more fiddly than the red block Volvo I did 58 years ago -- man, that pilot bearing used to SHRIEK in cold weather, drove me nuts. No lube, nothing else wrong, factory defect. That old baby Ford look-alike, last year '65 for the 544 would howl through the gears. Favorite car of all time, built like a tank, otherwise never went wrong till it was T-boned by, you-ain't-gonna-believe-this, a 68 Chev occupied by six drunken sailors. Chev came out worse. Tanks for the memory, haven't thought about it in years.
Look forward to seeing you hoof that Mustang along South Main like the bad boy you really are. Down to the rivets the old one. Clutch plate, I mean. Mmm. Yeah, so it needed renewing. Great. Over and out. Snore.
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If you are watching this video on 7/29/24 or 7/30/24 and you don't fall asleep
Too late, I fell asleep, twice. Once late evening 29th, second about three hours later early am on the 30th. No, sorry, I woke up at those times, I guess. Yeah, that's it. Whatever, it's your soothing voice. Guess I'll abandon another attempt, which would be number three. Whoa, what was that A train driving right through the garage door No panic, back to sleep. Looked more fiddly than the red block Volvo I did 58 years ago -- man, that pilot bearing used to SHRIEK in cold weather, drove me nuts. No lube, nothing else wrong, factory defect. That old baby Ford look-alike, last year '65 for the 544 would howl through the gears. Favorite car of all time, built like a tank, otherwise never went wrong till it was T-boned by, you-ain't-gonna-believe-this, a 68 Chev occupied by six drunken sailors. Chev came out worse. Tanks for the memory, haven't thought about it in years.
Look forward to seeing you hoof that Mustang along South Main like the bad boy you really are. Down to the rivets the old one. Clutch plate, I mean. Mmm. Yeah, so it needed renewing. Great. Over and out. Snore.
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KendrasEdge757
Haha yall are so cute together! Mrs. O is oh so innocent and Mr. O is so not lol. My first car was a 1990 Ford Escort 5spd manual with power absolutely nothing. No power steering no power brakes-I believe it was drums all around. At any rate; the steering wasn’t power and the first road drive my mother took me to a big hill at a red light and taught me the proper way to take off while on a hill driving a manual. She also taught me how to do it using the parking brake to assist, and I never stalled out on a hill or rolled backwards into anyone. I once ran into the back of a van at a stop light because there was a car full of girls I was too busy smiling at to watch in front of me and they all laughed at me as I realized what I had just done in front of a car full of beautiful woman. I never made that mistake again! lol nonetheless that one stuck with me being a young 16yr old boy acting like I was a man until I made a childish mistake lol good stuff as always Eric & Mrs. O!
Soli Deo Gloria
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Haha yall are so cute together! Mrs. O is oh so innocent and Mr. O is so not lol. My first car was a 1990 Ford Escort 5spd manual with power absolutely nothing. No power steering no power brakes-I believe it was drums all around. At any rate; the steering wasn’t power and the first road drive my mother took me to a big hill at a red light and taught me the proper way to take off while on a hill driving a manual. She also taught me how to do it using the parking brake to assist, and I never stalled out on a hill or rolled backwards into anyone. I once ran into the back of a van at a stop light because there was a car full of girls I was too busy smiling at to watch in front of me and they all laughed at me as I realized what I had just done in front of a car full of beautiful woman. I never made that mistake again! lol nonetheless that one stuck with me being a young 16yr old boy acting like I was a man until I made a childish mistake lol good stuff as always Eric & Mrs. O!
Soli Deo Gloria
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danlemke6407
OK, got a funny one, ok, another funny one. My brother, who knows how to drive a stick, backed his fishing boat down the ramp and stalled the engine. Thought he might be far enough back, he jumped out to check, never thinking to turn off the key. Don't get ahead of me now. Truck started rollin, started, he slips and falls on the green slime by the water. The truck backed up completely out of sight. Hood, bumper, everything was underwater, cept the hind end of the boat. He couldn't leave to get help because others were trying to launch their boats and he had to tell them his truck was down there. I forget how it ended, or who got ahold of the authorities (no cell phones, but he ended up paying a diver to hook up the tow truck, and replacing the engine in his old beater huntin truck. I swear, I wish I would've been there. At least now he can tell the story without twitchin too bad. I still get a chuckle imagining him freakin out. Oh yes, he has the goods on me too.
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OK, got a funny one, ok, another funny one. My brother, who knows how to drive a stick, backed his fishing boat down the ramp and stalled the engine. Thought he might be far enough back, he jumped out to check, never thinking to turn off the key. Don't get ahead of me now. Truck started rollin, started, he slips and falls on the green slime by the water. The truck backed up completely out of sight. Hood, bumper, everything was underwater, cept the hind end of the boat. He couldn't leave to get help because others were trying to launch their boats and he had to tell them his truck was down there. I forget how it ended, or who got ahold of the authorities (no cell phones, but he ended up paying a diver to hook up the tow truck, and replacing the engine in his old beater huntin truck. I swear, I wish I would've been there. At least now he can tell the story without twitchin too bad. I still get a chuckle imagining him freakin out. Oh yes, he has the goods on me too.
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boglizard9423
When I was a child, my sister, parents and I drove to Turramurra in the North of Sydney (Australia) for a family event. My father drank too much and my mum had to drive home. My mother was always a nervous driver and Turramurra is a hilly place. It was a rainy night and as mum drove off we came to this steep hill intersection and mum kept stalling the Ute. My sister and I were yelling to give it more revs, and my father was no help just telling her to give it more throttle and getting impatient. Anyway after a few times, she floors it and drops the clutch and does this massive burnout up the hill with the Ute fishtailing! My sister and I thought that was hilarious, even my dad cracked a smile. We joked afterwards that if a cop was around she would have been busted for sure, pretty ironic for a person who always drove to the speed limit and never broke the law.
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When I was a child, my sister, parents and I drove to Turramurra in the North of Sydney (Australia) for a family event. My father drank too much and my mum had to drive home. My mother was always a nervous driver and Turramurra is a hilly place. It was a rainy night and as mum drove off we came to this steep hill intersection and mum kept stalling the Ute. My sister and I were yelling to give it more revs, and my father was no help just telling her to give it more throttle and getting impatient. Anyway after a few times, she floors it and drops the clutch and does this massive burnout up the hill with the Ute fishtailing! My sister and I thought that was hilarious, even my dad cracked a smile. We joked afterwards that if a cop was around she would have been busted for sure, pretty ironic for a person who always drove to the speed limit and never broke the law.
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ralphwatten2426
Whasat Brakeleen on there People in different parts of the world talk different. Tomato tomawto potato potawto clutch cover pressure plate. People who think they're smawta than the other people will read the riot act. It's all fine. I never had a clutch pilot shaft bearing, they were all bronze bushings. Fill them up with grease and find a piece of round stock that fits in the hole and blast it with a hammer. Kinda messy but it worked. I've chiseled them too. Did the clutch on my '04 Chev WT and didn't bother with the pilot bearing because it's been in salt it's whole life (cam is starting to collapse. Anyway, another nice comprehensive clutch replacement video. Wish I'd seen something like this when I was 19. Thanks Mr. O. P. S. The ol' Stang is ready for more burnouts.
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Whasat Brakeleen on there People in different parts of the world talk different. Tomato tomawto potato potawto clutch cover pressure plate. People who think they're smawta than the other people will read the riot act. It's all fine. I never had a clutch pilot shaft bearing, they were all bronze bushings. Fill them up with grease and find a piece of round stock that fits in the hole and blast it with a hammer. Kinda messy but it worked. I've chiseled them too. Did the clutch on my '04 Chev WT and didn't bother with the pilot bearing because it's been in salt it's whole life (cam is starting to collapse. Anyway, another nice comprehensive clutch replacement video. Wish I'd seen something like this when I was 19. Thanks Mr. O. P. S. The ol' Stang is ready for more burnouts.
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johnwesner3935
Back in the day, I fell in with a bad crowd and ended up driving Mopar. Dodge and Plymouth. With the oil- lite bronze pilot bushings I just used the old grease in the hole and metal rod same diameter as the input shaft and used hydraulic pressure to drive them out. Don't forget the rag around the dummy shaft! The best part was if you wanted to take an automatic crankshaft engine and put it front of the manual, the end of the crank wasn't counter bored to fit the standard bushing. You had to turn the bushing to make it work. Don't get me started on the transition years from push button shift to column shift and big block vs small block. The Chevy guys have it so easy!
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Back in the day, I fell in with a bad crowd and ended up driving Mopar. Dodge and Plymouth. With the oil- lite bronze pilot bushings I just used the old grease in the hole and metal rod same diameter as the input shaft and used hydraulic pressure to drive them out. Don't forget the rag around the dummy shaft! The best part was if you wanted to take an automatic crankshaft engine and put it front of the manual, the end of the crank wasn't counter bored to fit the standard bushing. You had to turn the bushing to make it work. Don't get me started on the transition years from push button shift to column shift and big block vs small block. The Chevy guys have it so easy!
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lvsqcsl
I did this job when I was 16 on my 1974 Ford Maverick with a three-on-the-floor and a bench seat. It had a 3. 3 liter (200 c. i. d) Falcon 6 cylinder engine. Dad had a shop and we had it on the lift and I was doing everything Eric did in this video while he watched. I learned very quickly what pilot bearings, throw-out bearings, clutch facings were, etc. Then I had to put axle bearings in it. I drove that car for 4 years after that. The company I work for bought a 1992 Ford L9000 and it had an 8-speed Road Ranger transmission. I had to learn to drive it and shift it without the clutch. It was a rough ride for the first 3 blocks, but I finally got it. GREAT VIDEO!
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I did this job when I was 16 on my 1974 Ford Maverick with a three-on-the-floor and a bench seat. It had a 3. 3 liter (200 c. i. d) Falcon 6 cylinder engine. Dad had a shop and we had it on the lift and I was doing everything Eric did in this video while he watched. I learned very quickly what pilot bearings, throw-out bearings, clutch facings were, etc. Then I had to put axle bearings in it. I drove that car for 4 years after that. The company I work for bought a 1992 Ford L9000 and it had an 8-speed Road Ranger transmission. I had to learn to drive it and shift it without the clutch. It was a rough ride for the first 3 blocks, but I finally got it. GREAT VIDEO!
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aussiebloke609
I'm not surprised Mrs O had a little trouble with a steep hill start - there's a technique that's required in Oz that doesn't seem to be a thing in the US for some reason. We use the parking brake to hold the vehicle, so your feet are free to work the clutch and throttle without having to jump so quickly off the brake and onto the gas. Instead, you can feed in the throttle, start easing off the clutch until you feel it bite. then release the parking brake and you just drive off. No problem with rolling into the vehicle behind you, no high speed dancing on the pedals. much easier, especially if you're less experienced with driving stick.
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I'm not surprised Mrs O had a little trouble with a steep hill start - there's a technique that's required in Oz that doesn't seem to be a thing in the US for some reason. We use the parking brake to hold the vehicle, so your feet are free to work the clutch and throttle without having to jump so quickly off the brake and onto the gas. Instead, you can feed in the throttle, start easing off the clutch until you feel it bite. then release the parking brake and you just drive off. No problem with rolling into the vehicle behind you, no high speed dancing on the pedals. much easier, especially if you're less experienced with driving stick.
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andycalabro5418
Manual transmission story. Went hunting in the Catskill mountains, friends went one way, I another. Driving a soft top CJ- 5 Jeep. Parked on the top of a hill, gravel, snow covered road. After hunting all day, came back and the started spun out and would not start the engine. So I opened the door, put the key in the ignition to on, stick in neutral, pushed the jeep down hill, got up speed, jumped in and popped the clutch pedal to turn the engine over. Only problem was a sharp turn was coming up. I just made it in the Jeep to do all this. Now in my 60's, this happened when I was 20. Youth had no fear.
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Manual transmission story. Went hunting in the Catskill mountains, friends went one way, I another. Driving a soft top CJ- 5 Jeep. Parked on the top of a hill, gravel, snow covered road. After hunting all day, came back and the started spun out and would not start the engine. So I opened the door, put the key in the ignition to on, stick in neutral, pushed the jeep down hill, got up speed, jumped in and popped the clutch pedal to turn the engine over. Only problem was a sharp turn was coming up. I just made it in the Jeep to do all this. Now in my 60's, this happened when I was 20. Youth had no fear.
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tommyhawks856
I have never worked on the modern clutches, and I have never seen a pilot bearing inside a pilot bushing. It was always an either/or situation. A trick that I was shown for removing a pilot bearing or a pilot bushing is to use a grease gun inserted all the way past the bushing or bearing. When you started pumping grease past the bearing/bushing, the grease would push out the bearing or bushing. It worked every time, but I don't think that it would work where both a pilot bearing and pilot bushing are used at the same time. It might get the bearing, but I doubt that it would get the bushing out afterwards.
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I have never worked on the modern clutches, and I have never seen a pilot bearing inside a pilot bushing. It was always an either/or situation. A trick that I was shown for removing a pilot bearing or a pilot bushing is to use a grease gun inserted all the way past the bushing or bearing. When you started pumping grease past the bearing/bushing, the grease would push out the bearing or bushing. It worked every time, but I don't think that it would work where both a pilot bearing and pilot bushing are used at the same time. It might get the bearing, but I doubt that it would get the bushing out afterwards.
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NatesHomeTours
Funny story, I bought an 87, 5. 0 and with the 5 speed back in about 95. Was told they just did a clutch and flywheel on it about a month prior. 3 days after I boought it I started hearing a whole lot of banging and clanging. I pulled over and got out and listened. Sounded like the noise was in the bellhousing. After getting the car towed home, I pull the transmission, and out fall the heads of 3 out of 5 flywheel bolts. The other 2 were loose enough I didn't need a wrench to take them off. Talk about getting lucky and that flywheel not coming all the way off.
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Funny story, I bought an 87, 5. 0 and with the 5 speed back in about 95. Was told they just did a clutch and flywheel on it about a month prior. 3 days after I boought it I started hearing a whole lot of banging and clanging. I pulled over and got out and listened. Sounded like the noise was in the bellhousing. After getting the car towed home, I pull the transmission, and out fall the heads of 3 out of 5 flywheel bolts. The other 2 were loose enough I didn't need a wrench to take them off. Talk about getting lucky and that flywheel not coming all the way off.
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billburkart9087
My wife took her niece to band practice in our 1982 Plymouth Champ hatch back. To release the hatch back you had to reach down the left side of the drives seat. So her niece got out of the car and with her foot holding down the clutch my wife reached down for the hatch release and instead reclined her seat rather suddenly. My wife's feet came off of the clutch and brake and the parents and kids watched our little car jump and buck while my wife was raising hell about 15 feet. Ps. the niece was running behind the car trying to get her band instrument.
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My wife took her niece to band practice in our 1982 Plymouth Champ hatch back. To release the hatch back you had to reach down the left side of the drives seat. So her niece got out of the car and with her foot holding down the clutch my wife reached down for the hatch release and instead reclined her seat rather suddenly. My wife's feet came off of the clutch and brake and the parents and kids watched our little car jump and buck while my wife was raising hell about 15 feet. Ps. the niece was running behind the car trying to get her band instrument.
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autorepair
Vanessa. back when I was very young my mother bought a '75 Chevy Monza with a manual. her first manual car ever. She had been taught to drive by using her left foot for the brake and her right foot for the gas, and was NEVER able to readjust her way of driving to deal with the 3rd pedal. If the worst that ever happened to you was having to back down the hill to get through that yield sign, then you're still WAY ahead of what my mom (and probably 90% of the US population) is able to do in a manual-equipped car
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Vanessa. back when I was very young my mother bought a '75 Chevy Monza with a manual. her first manual car ever. She had been taught to drive by using her left foot for the brake and her right foot for the gas, and was NEVER able to readjust her way of driving to deal with the 3rd pedal. If the worst that ever happened to you was having to back down the hill to get through that yield sign, then you're still WAY ahead of what my mom (and probably 90% of the US population) is able to do in a manual-equipped car
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JH-oh1in
Yield not surrender, The dowel pins are a pain any more the holes are not deburred a little chamfer helps. Clutch cover or pressure plate are same same. The Mack trans sucks but they aren't that bad with a good jack. Flywheel housing runout can be a pain when you find out the rear engine cover has to come off and you find fretted gasket surfaces looking at you CAT. Inputs on the old T-5 tend to wear the steel replacement front bearing retainer are a good choice.
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Yield not surrender, The dowel pins are a pain any more the holes are not deburred a little chamfer helps. Clutch cover or pressure plate are same same. The Mack trans sucks but they aren't that bad with a good jack. Flywheel housing runout can be a pain when you find out the rear engine cover has to come off and you find fretted gasket surfaces looking at you CAT. Inputs on the old T-5 tend to wear the steel replacement front bearing retainer are a good choice.
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chriswest1996
A few decades ago I did the easiest clutch job possible, a Datsun B210. The trans and the engine did not have to be split! There was a cover that exposed the top 1/4 of the flywheel and pressure plate (two bolts uncovered) and the transmission shaft was at the top of a gear tower behind a small cover on the transmission behind a tin plate under the front fender. I think my total time on the complete job was about the length of the three videos on THIS job.
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A few decades ago I did the easiest clutch job possible, a Datsun B210. The trans and the engine did not have to be split! There was a cover that exposed the top 1/4 of the flywheel and pressure plate (two bolts uncovered) and the transmission shaft was at the top of a gear tower behind a small cover on the transmission behind a tin plate under the front fender. I think my total time on the complete job was about the length of the three videos on THIS job.
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miceinoz1181
Pressure plate or clutch cover depends on which country you are in. Those who know will use either. Much like a bolt and a screw, these terms can be used interchangably in documentation too, and many have no idea how to correctly identify which is which. Call it whatever you want really, as long as the job is done right (as always with SMA. How tight are the bellhousing bolts Silly question, do em up till they strip then back em off half a turn. easy!
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Pressure plate or clutch cover depends on which country you are in. Those who know will use either. Much like a bolt and a screw, these terms can be used interchangably in documentation too, and many have no idea how to correctly identify which is which. Call it whatever you want really, as long as the job is done right (as always with SMA. How tight are the bellhousing bolts Silly question, do em up till they strip then back em off half a turn. easy!
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clintprice2123
Mrs O, you are such a great sport for going along with Eric’s teasing about you and the clutch on a hill. I taught my kids to use the parking brake and as soon as you engage the disk and start to creep forward just release the brake and go. You won’t roll back at all. You two are a couple to be admired as it’s obvious that you both still adore each other. Watching your banter is as good as watching the repairs, both are quality content.
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Mrs O, you are such a great sport for going along with Eric’s teasing about you and the clutch on a hill. I taught my kids to use the parking brake and as soon as you engage the disk and start to creep forward just release the brake and go. You won’t roll back at all. You two are a couple to be admired as it’s obvious that you both still adore each other. Watching your banter is as good as watching the repairs, both are quality content.
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daveayerstdavies
in 50 years of driving exclusively manual cars, some with 200, 000 miles, I have never worn out a clutch. I'm convinced that every clutch replacement is brought about by bad driving habits, particularly in people more used to torque converters. The handbrake is not just for emergencies! Don't hold the car on the clutch when stopped on a hill, use the handbrake. Don't slip the clutch to manage speed in traffic, that's not what it's for.
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in 50 years of driving exclusively manual cars, some with 200, 000 miles, I have never worn out a clutch. I'm convinced that every clutch replacement is brought about by bad driving habits, particularly in people more used to torque converters. The handbrake is not just for emergencies! Don't hold the car on the clutch when stopped on a hill, use the handbrake. Don't slip the clutch to manage speed in traffic, that's not what it's for.
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mikechiodetti4482
Nice LUK clutch! I put one in my 87 Ford Ranger V6. It worked GREAT!
Sounds like Mrs. O liked telling that story. I think she was laughing more than we were! We've all been there. That's why I like my 06 Nissan V6, 6 speed manual trans, 4X4.
The parking brake is a pullup between the driver's seat and the console. Life's easier with that setup!
On to part 3 and. Oh Yeah. ROAD TEST! Gotta break in that clutch!
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Nice LUK clutch! I put one in my 87 Ford Ranger V6. It worked GREAT!
Sounds like Mrs. O liked telling that story. I think she was laughing more than we were! We've all been there. That's why I like my 06 Nissan V6, 6 speed manual trans, 4X4.
The parking brake is a pullup between the driver's seat and the console. Life's easier with that setup!
On to part 3 and. Oh Yeah. ROAD TEST! Gotta break in that clutch!
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autorepair
My dad insisted on us kids learning to drive in a manual and would not allow us to buy an auto for our first car. Although I've been driving autos for years, I'm happy I learned to drive manuals and I could jump in and drive a manual where many people wouldn't have a clue. Sad that there aren't many manuals left anymore and even sadder that the trusty auto transmission is disappearing and going to bull-scheisse CVT.
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My dad insisted on us kids learning to drive in a manual and would not allow us to buy an auto for our first car. Although I've been driving autos for years, I'm happy I learned to drive manuals and I could jump in and drive a manual where many people wouldn't have a clue. Sad that there aren't many manuals left anymore and even sadder that the trusty auto transmission is disappearing and going to bull-scheisse CVT.
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