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I put in a new clutch plate in my truck without clutch align tool, not wanting to drop it any way I have it raised back up into position is there any way to wiggle or move something in a methodical way that will allow me the pleasure of motoring again? also what kind of fluid and how much as I want to pour it in from the top the side access absolutely will not open...thanks for the help
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Start over.No way to move it into position with the pressure plate bolted up.

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72 luv v-8 owned since 16!
240" rear engine dragster
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84 ranger 2wd "tuff truck" with 350 sbc

pressure plate is in

This aint the best way but it will work....

Try loosening the bolts on the pressure plate slightly untill the clutch will move around. Then move it around with your fingers as you slide the tranny in untill you can get your tranny bellhousing-to-engine bolts in and tightened down.

Once the tranny is in and you have everything else hooked up, you can go underneath and torque the pressure plate a little at a time through the inspection cover/rock shield by turning the engine a little at a time by hand with a flywheel tool, a small prybar, or a big flat head screwdriver using the starter drive teeth on the flywheel, or by using the pulleys on the front of the engine.

Just be careful you don't screw up the gear teeth on the flywheel and make darn sure you torque all of the pressure plate bolts properly.

It's the hardest way there is to do it, but I've had to do it before when I didn't have an alignment tool or none was available.

And the tranny takes common old 30wt engine oil - but you will have to figure out some way to get the side plug out - because that is how you have to fill it and also how you tell when it is full. You normally fill it using a small funnel with a long piece of clear plastic tubing on the end through the side opening untill it starts to run back out.

Good Luck!

If you can get the fill plug off the tranny you can take off your shifter and pour the oil in through there until it flows out the fill plug.

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