i recently did a trade for an 87 power ram 50 with really high miles at some point in its life some one took care of it ,, but it certainly wasnt the poeple i got it from i got it like most of us knowing it would need work , first it leaked cooling fluid kept looking but couldnt fiund it the found the water pump leaking yay easy fix ,,, not one of the longer bolts was sheared off into the block ,, opk sdo off comes the front of the motor extracted the bolt remounted a new waster p[emp ,, problem solved then cam an unadjustable idle was ideling at 1300 rpmn wouldnt come down look look found a leaky intake gasket and surprise it was misasing a stud and onme bolt ok fixed that now idels at 900 rpm all day all this time i couldnt keep the clutch adjusted only way it seemed to work was to have the throw out bearing to rided the pressure plate ok so replace the fl;y wheel clutch pressureplate and clutch plate , used a 35 in cl;utch cable from rock auto tried adjusting it with the 18 from the firwall gromet and 12 in plaY AT PEDAL KINDA WORKED BUT WOULDNT STAY ADJUSTED STILL HAVE TO PRESS THE CLUTCH TO THE FLOORBOARD TO GET IT TO DISSENGUAGE T6HE FIRE WALL IS NOT FLEXING THE CLUTCH RELEASE FORK IS FINE NO DAMAGE VERY LITTLE WEAR IREAD SOME W3HERE THERES A BRACKET U8NDER5 THE DASH THAT CAN CRACK not sure on that yet got a 33 in cable from rock auto that help[ed at first still dosnt adjust right pedal to the floor board HELP any ideas here
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Originally Posted by rattler
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