[MBLemans]

Ok i finally made my way back to my 63 Lemans V8, manual 3 speed convertible. It lives in a different city than I do.

The issue im having is coming out of first gear, its brutal with wheel hop. If im rolling a little in first gear its not bad. 2nd & 3rd gear are fine and works like it should. The new clutch feels good.

I cant find any info on this at all on why this is wheel hoping and what to check.

I had a bunch of work done to it which includes new clutch, pressure plate, throw out bearing and resurfaced flywheel.

I had the differential rebuilt (by someone most of us know with these cars-Charlie's performance) with new bearings throughout. The pinion shaft had the bearing seize up on it so they built up metal (smelting) on the shaft and ground it down to the original size for that new bearing.

New rubber bushings throughout the rear end.

The car has been in storage between myself and the last owner for around 20 years.

I've only driven the car maybe 5-6 times in 4 years. Wheel hop before and after the work was done.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advanced.