Has anyone went to a cable operated clutch in their V8 Mavericks? Does such a kit exist or did you make your own? I'd like to do away with the old set-up, and free up some room for routing headers. Thanks for any help or ideas. -Joe
I have a cable operated clutch in my Comet with a 5 speed trans.No kit all made by myself.It works great. If you are running a stock transmission and bell housing set up it would be a little tricky to make it all work but i'm sure it could be done.
i have a cable setup in mine and sell a kit based on my experience with the setup, but requires the use of a late-model 5.0 T5 bell housing
I have a cable clutch kit, and I think it's a pos, I'm going hydro when money allows, wasted 250 on the cable as far as I'm concerned
i used the http://www.mustangsteve.com/cable.html for my t-5 conversion. pretty happy about it, just remember to install the ball bearings. the clutch is really soft.
I use the MustangSteve kit also. Mine didn't come with the bearings for the pedal, but it works fine. The only problem I have is that the cable is short, and rides over the tower support, and looks a bit strange. I think a longer cable (from a Geo Tracker-66" length) will fix the problem.
My motor and trans are a 1970 351 Cleveland 4V and a Toploader 4 speed with a cast bell housing (#C5TE) The T5 bell is too deep to use with a toploader because the input shaft is shorter than a T5. I'd imagine that all I would need is a bracket on my bell to run the cable thru just like the Fox cars. Not sure about attatching the Fox type quadrant onto my Maverick clutch pedal. My car is an hour away at my Dad's house, so I try to find out as much as I can online before I make my trips to go work on it. Thanks for the replies everyone.
My cable set up cost me $20 and a few hours of fabricating.I really can't see how a hydraulic would be any cheaper or better way to go? Would you use a slave cyliner or hydraulic throwout bearing?
i beg to differ on that. as stated, cables are fairly cheap and easy to install. i cant think of any slave cylinder that's cheaper than the average cable..... not to mention the cost of a clutch master cylinder as well. but that's just from a cost point of view. as for service, i could see the hydraulic setup being easier to operate and outlasting a cable in the long run. just goes to show there's 2 sides to every fence
lol let me clear up the comment slave cylinders are cheaper that hydraulic throw out bearings my side of the fence looks just like yours if i would have stated it better
I can't say i disagree cables are more of a wear item, but at the cost of a good set of spark plugs i change mine every couple of years. I would actually like to see some decent pics of a hydraulic set up installed in a Mav just to get a idea of how the fit is.
