Try your hardest not to rest your foot on the clutch pedal while driving, premature clutch wear, throw out bearing wear and most importantly crank thrust surface wear. Also, while idling (red lights etc.) leave the tranny in neutral (with foot off the clutch) to reduce throw out bearing wear and crank thrust surface. When you pull a motor apart you can always tell which are the manually shifted ones just by looking at the main thrust bearing. Remember while the clutch is disengaged you are essentially pushing the crank out the front of the engine (okay a little extreme, but you get the point).
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1978 Black & Gold T/A [complete 70 Ram Air III (carb to pan) PQ and 12 bolt], fully loaded, deluxe, WS6, T-Top car - 1972 Formula 455HO Ram Air numbers matching Julep Green - 1971 T/A 455, 320 CFM Eheads, RP cam, Doug's headers, Fuel injection, TKX 5 Spd. 12 Bolt 3.73, 4 wheel disc. All A/C cars
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