John, good to hear from you again. What I did was make a prop like your woooden stick to hold the clutch lining away from the cone. Then brushed the neatsfoot oil everywhere I could get it. I'm told you can't get too much oil on it. This sounds completely wrong for a clutch, but I trust the person that told me. As to the adjustment the Book of Information for your car says, " To adjust the clutch, remove the clutch cover plate, loosen lock screw on clutch spring nut, and with a screwdriver turn up the clutch spring adjusting nut until the clutch holds properly. The nut is directly below the clutch throwout yoke and can be reached by a long screwdriver or drift pin. When the proper adjustment has been made care should be taken that the lock screw is tightened so that there is no chance for the nut to back off." I have no personal experiance in the adjustment. If this doesn't seem to help I suggest contacting Rodger the tech advisor. You MAY have anotehr problem, like the spring being broken or something is worn from your discription of pushing the clutch " too far" and it causes trouble. Look at everything very carefully. If you don't have the correct book of Information for your '15 you could get a copy from the AACA library. Make SURE you specify the build date for your car, I think there were at least 3 differant manuals for '15 as the car was continually changed. I'm positive the library has all the differant versions in either their own collection or in our DBC collection. You can check their online catelog on the AACA library site, it has a search. IF for some reason Chris doesn't have the correct manual for your car I MAY. I will let him copy it and send it to you. Also, get Joe more involved. He needs to get away from those USED cars he has and learn more about the old ones. Doug
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