We had a couple of smaller items to take care of. The front brakes were dragging on the passenger side, determined the caliper piston was not retracting completely so installed two new calipers. Fuse box barely held onto the two fuses, new box was fairly inexpensive so we installed a new one. Float bowls on carbs were flopping around, removed them and installed new mounting pieces (rubber and special washer) to retain them correctly.
Then for the third time we pulled that rubber boot back on the clutch fork and removed the following:
The parts in the front appear to be a mouse spine and a head, jaws open. So we have now removed about four handfuls of mouse carcass and nest. The clutch still squeals sometimes. We could pull the engine and replace parts, but another fear is that we do all that work and we don't find the reason for the squeal. Or we determine the mouse stuff was the cause and we could have just continued our removal process.
We have agreed with the new owner Greg to complete the transaction and transfer ownership. He will bring the car in about once per month and we'll continue to remove mouse stuff as it shifts around inside the bell housing. Meantime, either the clutch gets better as the mouse stuff gets removed, or something breaks and then we know exactly what to replace.
So perhaps the project is done, maybe not, time will tell!
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