We've all heard of the plastic quadrants snapping when we fit decent clutches, and so upgrade to an alloy one for £45, but that still leaves the problem of the cables snapping which IMO is more common!
So today I fitted the first part of a hydraulic conversion, BIG thanks to
Crazycage for his info and advice!!
This can be done for less than £100 or less than £40 if you raid ebay for second hand master and slave cylinders!
Generic master cylinder from
http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product...oducts_id=4053 fitted to my pedal using the 8mm pin that previously held the self adjusting ratchet at the top of the pedal, 55mm down from the pivital point (measured centre to centre of holes).....
Big hole in bulkhead...
Fit MC using top pedal box existing bolt and drill a fresh hole for the bottom one.....
Refit pedal and adjust rod length/pedal height......
Part one all done!
All that remains now is to fit the slave cylinder to the gearbox on a bracket, which is the easiest bit! But cant be done until my engine and gearbox is back in so that the clutch is under pressure.
Slave cylinder fitted today......
just need to weld the bottom part of the bracket to the main part, fit a longer bolt so I can have a nut on the other side of the arm, and make up the pipe from Master to Slave
NOTE!! Moving the SC all the way to the end of the release arm is a must! I did this today and the pedal is soooo much lighter!
