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cobraman_1994
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i just got the king cobra clutch in my stang today and the rpms shoot up real high when i push the clutch pedal in. is this because its new or is something else wrong. it idles at 1.2 and when i push the pedal in it shoots up to 2.5
any help offered is well appreciated [Big Grin]

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Doesn't make sense. Does this happen as soon as you touch the pedal?
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yep, as soon as i push the pedal in. it doesnt make sense to me either [Confused] mabey the im going to play with the throttle body and see what happens.

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i cant figure it out [Confused]

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does your clutch cable pull on the gas cable??

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i dont think so, i had to send it to a shop to put the clutch in so im taking it there tommorrow morning [Big Grin]

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Sounds as if they knocked a vac hose off when they were removing/installing the bellhousing bolts..

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quote:
Originally posted by JohnB:
Sounds as if they knocked a vac hose off when they were removing/installing the bellhousing bolts..

correct! thats exactly what it was. [Big Grin]
thanks for all the replys .

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