Cable clutch linkage and 66 bellhousing, will it work??????

[66Sprint6]

Ok, I just got off the phone with Modern Driveline, it appears that the cable clutch linkage I got from Mustang Steve wont work with my bellhousing. The housing I got for the swap is a C60A-6394-C 66 3 speed housing. We are trying to find different possibilities to make this work, but can I not just modify my Bell. Why wont it work? Helps guys, I dont wanna buy a new bell if I dont have to, lol. Lemme know soon, I need to order the adapter and stuff!
Matt

 

[rbohm]

8) since a cable clutch linkage is set up to pull(hard to push with a cable), and the stock bell is set up for linkage that pushes, you would need to replace the clutch fork with one designed for a cable clutch, and that means opening up the fork opening, and setting up a pivot point for the clutch fork in the bell itself. there may or may not be room for this. i think al did this conversion once, check his website and see if he has anything on it about the conversion. an alternative is to convert to a hydraulic clutch. that way you dont change the bell you have, or the clutch fork, and there is far less work to the conversion.

 

[Guest]

For the cable, the clutch pivot point needs to be moved from the outside of the bell, to the inside, opposite side. Then, you need a cable mount on the bell. You can see this mod on my site for the C7 bell. I briefly looked at doing this to the C6 bell, but immediately saw that one of the existing tranny bolt holes in the bell may interfere with the ball pivot mount. I did not bother to spend any more time with it.

You can always look at mounting a lever on the outside of the bell and using the cable clutch in the same fashion as the 4-cyl T-5 uses it.

Or, grab a '67 bell and modify it yourself using the same method I used on my site. If you are lucky enough to find an SROD bell, you can easily modify the bell to bolt up a T-5. Or, if you can find a T-4 bell (THEY DO EXIST FOR THE 200!!), the T-5 is a direct bolt up.

I believe that Moderndriveline is actually having a cable/T-5 bell cast for the 200. I don't know where he is in the process.

BTW, the adapter you need for that bell to bolt up a T-5 can be bought from Moderndriveline, but not quite yet. I'm finishing up that drawing for that one to give him this weekend.