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Hydraulic clutch with Floor mounted pedals

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by Freefree, Oct 8, 2012.

  1. Oct 8, 2012
    Freefree

    Freefree Member

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    Wondering if anyone has done a hydraulic clutch conversion on an early CJ while retaining the factory floor mounted pedals
    My Jeep is an M38a1 soon to have a 225 V6 t-14 dana 18 drivetrain from a '71 swapped in. Advise and/or build pictures would be great-
    Thanks
     
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  2. Oct 8, 2012
    RedWing

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    grannyscj

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    You would be outside the frame rail. No protection from rocks and limbs and such. A piece of flying gravel from the front tire could strand you. Not a lot to mount to there either, just sheet metal, which will not hold up to clutch use. Maybe if you reinforced and built a box to protect it. What you plan to do about checking the fluid level?
     
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  4. Oct 9, 2012
    curtcanada

    curtcanada L, L, and the POH!

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    The PO had a Wilwood slave and master set up on a 71 CJ5 project I bought. Worked great. I plan on setting it up again. I took a few pics so I could recreate the system. I'll try to find them, and post them up. It was a 225/t18/d18 driveline. All of the mounting brackets were custom made, but not elaborate.
     
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  5. Oct 9, 2012
    djbutler

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    Yes, Curt. Please do see if you can dig up those pictures. I am working on Sparky's old jeep putting in a hydraulic clutch among other things, and your pics would help. Is the slave a push type or a pull type? I am wondering whether a push type might interfere with block hugger headers.
    Maybe on a new thread so you don't hijack this one...

    Don
     
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    Freefree

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    I encourage all pictures and feedback- no fear of hijacking.
     
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    Heatseeker

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    Don, do you have a photo of those headers? I'm mostly interested in the driver's side. I smashed mine pretty good on our trip and I need to see if the block huggers will clear my steering shaft. Otherwise, I'll need to pick up another set of fenderwells, which I really dislike for a number of reasons.

    PS: your PM box is full.
     
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    grannyscj

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    I don't know where this thread is headed but here's a pic of the Novak headers. I did have to route the steering around them.
    [​IMG]
     
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    djbutler

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    John, it is the Novac headers that I was considering getting. I already have a set of fenderwell headers and don't like them either.

    Don
     
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  10. Oct 10, 2012
    Freefree

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    Curtcanada- thanks for posting pics any other information you have feel free to pass it on.
     
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  11. Oct 13, 2012
    oddfirejeeper

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    i'm interested in this set up as well. is there any pictures up on this?
     
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  12. Oct 13, 2012
    oddfirejeeper

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    i just seen it was the next topic sorry guys
     
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    RedWing

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    Did you ever have a chance to find pictures of your hydraulic setup?
     
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    RedWing

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    Please disregard, I saw your next post.
     
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