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Pedal Box Question


TodB

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For the stick cars there are the early mechanical clutch boxes and the newer hydraulic clutch boxes these need to be paired with the like components for each type, the automatic cars had their own pedal box and would need modification for the clutch and a change over to stick pedals to work,I think no one has done these mods because it's way easier to just get a hydraulic set up.

 

PS not many of the mechanical boxes left around and no real reason to use it over the more plentiful hyd. units.     

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I just switched (this last month) my mechanical linkage to hydraulic.....not cheap nor easy.  Just fyi.  The hydraulic is worlds better then the mechanical I find but I could not get enough new mechanical linkage parts to sort out the play and lack of adjustment in my 69' 1600 clutch so I had to retrofit.  The other issue I had was having a six bolt crankshaft/flywheel and nothing but 8 bolt clutch and pressure plates available etc....let alone finding a throwout bearing that would work properly for the six hole....forget it.

 

Ended up having a machine shop drill, resurface, step it and index it all......works like a charm now but I had a very experienced mechanic doing the install....I did not venture into this project one bit.  You also need the right machine shop to know what the heck they are doing....obviously.  Anyway....it is a world of difference and it feels like a modern clutch now.  Smoothed out the shifting to boot!

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Also...the early hydraulic clutch 2002s (up to US VIN 1665200) not only had six bolt crankshafts/flywheels and coil spring style pressure plates, the clutch pedal linkage used a peculiar "horseshoe" link, a design left over from the mechanically activated clutches.  It's prone to wear and unexpected failure, so if you're swapping pedal boxes, use the later style box from a car built after early March 1969 (VIN 1665200).  They have a different clultch pedal setup using a hairpin vs coil return spring, and no horseshoe.

 

mike

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