Mustang 5.0 Clutch Job - Part Two - Rear Main Seal & Clutch Install

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"You've got the drip" meant something very different when I was growing up. Like "you need a shot of penicillin."

Mrs. O, every single one of us that learned to drive stick have a story just like that. Some of us were fortunate enough not to have an audience, others of us, who will not be named, had this situation in traffic and needed to learn to feather the clutch on the spot. LOL

We all know you pay your neighbor to mow his lawn every time he sees you with your camera, but to get railroad to come to town and blow their horn on queue just shows what a great video maker you are. Keep up the good work my boy

When my wife got her new car in 2019, there was 1 on the lot with a manual and the rest with CVTs, I HIGHLY recommended she get the manual and she reluctantly did. She thanks me on a regular basis now for talking her into getting the manual. All her friends cars have had the CVT fail at 100k miles and her little 5 speed is going strong at 170k miles. Shifts like new still. Plus, she’s so proud of herself for actually dedicating herself to learning to drive a manual. It’s a skill she takes a bunch of pride in now. Damn good woman!

Sitting here drinking a cold beer fixing to devour some kabobs and watching Eric O work on an old mustang clutch job, life is good, oh hi Mrs O,lol.

That Mrs O story made the whole video worth watching. I could just picture the embarrassment in front of the road crew 😂😂😂

You and Rain Man repairs the only one I watch on YouTube that has a regular shop

Keep the pace, perfect to follow and entertain. A real”clutch” job. Mrs O, we have all stalled or hopped down the street in first gear 😊.

Ahhhh the good old days!! I 16 speed road ranger that weighed 2500 pounds and had a twin disc compound clutch unit!! The road Rangers on a jack always scared me no matter how many straps and chains held it from killing me. It was my job for a year right outta high school. Two years later I worked for VW / Audi for 35 years. Big difference!!

I learned to drive a stick shift in the Army. In the ‘60s, everything in the Army was manual transmission, even sedans. And you had to pass a specific test and have a specific license for each type of vehicle. When I went to get tested on the 2 and a half ton 6x6, I had never even sat in one. I had to get the tester to show me how to start it. End of that test. The next try I almost got out of the motor pool before failing. Third try was the charm.

Mrs. O's stories are as entertaining as watching you work on cars. No need to feel embarrassed as we all had to learn the clutch process going uphill. We will have to wait for part 3.

Mrs. O, your stories are way better than Eric’s videos! We want to hear more in the future.

Mrs O, you are such a great 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.

Got to teach Mrs O the parking brake trick for getting going on inclines. Having said that my kid borrowed my old Land Cruiser one day to run an errand. He drove out one end of our driveway, got 100 feet down the road and remembered he had forgot something. Other end of the driveway has a really steep, 30 ft entrance. He came to a stop to let some traffic go by and then tried to climb the pitch in 3rd gear. He tried several times, slipped that clutch for all it was worth. I was out of earshot beside the shop but pretty soon I could smell what I thought were truck brakes on fire. That got my attention. Just about then he figured out he was in the wrong gear and met me in the driveway. New clutch didn't take that smell away. Good times!

After changing the clutch 3 times in a year and a half in our 67 chevy wagon with factory 396 3 on the tree. my dad (6 foot 6) finally bought a new car for my (4 foot 10 inch) mom. had home made pedal blocks so she could reach them. had it down to an hour and a half. jack stands and no power tools.

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.

I'm sure Ms's O knows how to drive a manual transmission just fine. In the early 80's in the USMC as a driving instructor you would not believe how many Jeep clutches got SMOKED 😂

The drip means the you have swagger, dripping with money, confidence and designer clothes.

It takes me back in time watching since putting a clutch in was the very first job I had working on cars.