Jay351

Let me start at the begining here.
Awhile back a certain somone "borrowed" my truck and took it 4x4ing, after that night the truck never shifted the same.
LONG VERY sloppy shifts, and reverse and 5th hardly worked, you had to twist the shifter (bad on its own) to get it into them..

since my clutch was slipping I ordered the marlin crawler 1200lb semi metalic clutch kit and I also got the shifter seat and bushing.

after install ... wow.


The clutch is amazing! grabs HARD! but not as bad as a ceramic.

The seat and bushing made a WORLD of differance.
I now have VERY VERY crisp clean shifts, and it fixed my reverse and 5th problem !!

So to ANYONE to has this model truck/tranny.

DO the Marlin crawler seat and bushing.
It has amazed me how much of a differance.
My old shifter seat and bushing where still in great shape but...well EFF that stock ☺☺☺☺, this is amazing!
I think im going to go for a drive

altho I look like a damn fool... I almost always come close to stalling the truck now, clutch is so grabby its crazy

anyone know what the break in period of a clutch is?

91TPU

my basic rule of thumb i go with for clutch break in period is 500 miles, after that your golden. before that tho keep the revs under 3k, no really hard acceleration, basically just baby it..

Guardian_Saint

About the marlin crawler clutch, do you remember the name on the clutch? and the clutch plate name?

Jay351

It was aesco or somthing but it also said AISIN japan..
Had the funny cartoons on the back

I might have a picture of it I will check it out.

Thanks I will baby it for the first few weeks..
But I already took it over 3,000 but it was just cruising..
Thanks for telling me!!

*edit*

Said

SECO made in korea

Guardian_Saint

SECO I have that too, yeah with the funny looking cartoon in back of it, my clutch plate is Exeedy all cost me $95.00. How much does it cost you?

Jay351

I paid 200 for the kit from marlin
plus 25 for shipping
plus conversion
plus 80 doller border fee :wall:

Was worth it, pretty close to what I would pay for an oem kit here..

91muddog

I will be ordering the same clutch soon as mine is done.

I ordered the shifter seat and bushing, along with the socket.
its sheduled to be here tomorrow, a day EARLY

damn i love marlin

Jay351

Sweet, let me know how it works out for you

I never realized how damn heavy the tranny+t-case is when you dont have a tranny jack

91muddog

Yeah ill be putting a clutch in my friends Ford ZX2 very soon in my driveway.
Im thinking ill just pull the engine instead. haha.

the shifter seat if on its way RIGHT NOW
haha
"OUT FOR DELIVERY"
ill deffinately let you know how it goes!

TNRabbit

I put the MC bushing & 1200 lb clutch in as well during my recent engine rebuild & I LOVE IT! The bushing makes a WORLD of difference in shifting. I'd also recommend switching to a good synthetic gear oil for your tranny cause it made my transmission shift like a different animal! It's awesome.

Jay351

We where going to put in some MT-90 in the tranny and 75w-90/80w-80 in the t-case.

I am really shocked on how much a difference a 8 doller part can make.
For that cost it has been my best mod yet!

Jay351

Trust me,you will LOVE it. at first my shifter felt a little wierd but after 2 mins of shifting through the gears, it got all lubed up and was GOLDEN!

SwampThing

What's the shifter socket? Was just about to order the bushing, but now I see this shifter socket and dunno if I need it.

Hell, I might just buy me a clutch too. How long your clutch job take ya?

Jay351

took about 7 hours.
took a few breaks, took about an hour for the flywheel to get re-surfaced and we had some trouble getting the tranny back in.
We also didn't have a tranny jack

So if you had the right tools and didn't have to do it on your driveway sure you could get it done in around 4-5 easy.
Some of the bolts are a BITCH, lol..

Get the shifter SEAT and shifter BUSHING/SOCKET The bushing/socket is what is snapped onto the end of your shifter.. Its only 6 bucks so might as well..
Mine looked perfectly fine, infact I was surprized on how good the shifter seat looked when we took the shifter out.
But now its 1000000x better

Jay351

here.

http://www.marlincrawler.com/htm/tra...rans_parts.htm

SwampThing

Awesome... Now I gotta figure out whether I got the w56 or g58 lol... Anyone know what part of the vin tells ya? Lost that dog gone link...

SwampThing

YEEEEEEHAW! Boy howdy I tell you what dang diggity. Sooo thought it was my clutch going out that was causing my shiftin problems (having to muscle it into gear). Took apart the shifter, and know what? That shifter socket's bottom half was rubbed completely off, and the boot is little more than a memory of rubber. Anyhoo, I put some hot glue on the bottom of the socket, and flipped the rubber seat upsidedown, put er all back together and tried it out. Turns out that was the exact problem! Great temp fix till my marlin seat and socket come in the mail. Caint imagine how relieved I am that it aint my clutch goin out. Was like I JUST BOUGHT THIS CENTERFORCE DF CLUTCH 2 YEARS AGO!

Ahh... Sigh of relief.

Jay351

Its amazing what that little part can do!

Guardian_Saint

How the hell did you pull the shifter out to replace the brushing? special tools require? I try pulling/twisting mine but no luck, can tell me?

Jay351

mine was messed up, it just cam out VERY easy.

You have to push down and twist and use pliers to grab the coller at the same time..