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Tunebuggery Day 8: just a clutch

drooartz

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Today was a short day, as we're off in the afternoon for a family gathering. In the morning I popped into Heber to pick up a few bolts I needed, then went to work installing the clutch onto the flywheel. I ran into one snag, as the clutch plate is supposed to be marked as to which side goes against the flywheel -- and it wasn't. I eventually assumed that the side that sticks out a bit was the side that was **away** from the flywheel.

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<span style="font-style: italic">Clutch plate, this side goes **away** from the flywheel. I think.</span>

I asked y'all here about the plate orientation, and the initial feel was that I had it right. I decided to install the clutch this way, as I can always pull it off and flip it around if it turns out that I did it wrong.

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<span style="font-style: italic">Clutch installed on the new motor</span>

This will be the last project of the Week of Tunebuggery. Tomorrow's task is to go through all the parts I have lying around, and identify three groups of parts: those I need to reuse, those I want to keep as spares, and those I won't need at all. I'll also be making a list of all the projects still to do. I need to make the next set of plans and identify the parts or services I still need to order so that I can keep up the momentum I've got now. Still plenty of work to do, but the little Tunebug is looking much more like car than it was a week ago.
 
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