The tin-top's clutch has been getting a little soft feeling for a wee while - not the worst I've ever had but a couple of weeks ago it actually started to noticeably slip (its done 94k of daily abuse, so I'm not really surprised)
but about 2 days later before I'd arranged anything for a replacement the pedal went strait to the floor with next to no resistance and while it seemed to be sort of working the clutch suddenly couldn't get the car going more than 20mph
I've not really got time for this at the moment (work, kids, school...), but as it turns out the handful of local garages I'd trust are all really busy for at least 4-6 weeks too
I just had enough clutch left to get it on the ramp (with a run-up)
took off the air filter and found all this black spaghetti - don't you just love working on modern(ish) cars
Oooo black spaghetti !
after some very well stuck-on lower arm, a starter motor and some bellhousing bolts that my 2 year old would have found difficult to get her hands into and one very awkward lower gearbox mount, and a massive oil spill (thanks to ford for not including an oil drain plug
) I finally got the
box off at 1:00am this morning 
Duratec IB5 - finally out
the clutch was defiantly well worn - all but down to the rivets:
1 Clutch, Extra thin & crispy
but somehow I think this was the bigger problem:
Mmmm - that might be problem..
not sure how that even happens ?
now I've got to make a clutch alignment tool (not sure what happened to the one I made for the last car
) and look forward to another 2 / 3 nights of fighting to get it back on and all the pipes and wires back in place...
and I guess now is a pretty good time to clean the EGR valve thats been causing me some annoyance the last few months
[Edited on 28/8/2019 by mcerd1]
