Photo 1 shows the new assembly in place, the pushrod hooked up to the bellcrank and the original boots slid down just before starting to work on the steering column re-installation.
YES- I know there is yellow electrical tape on the boot, this is to close the holes worn through it for a while until I can afford to purchase new boots, which I found to be nearly $40 for the pair for the correct replacements, of which I don't have right now. This will work well enough for now.
ALSO, if you notice the welds on the studs that mount it to the firewall and power brake booster bracket on the outside of the firewall, this is because I broke the 3 tiny original spot welds on one of the studs while running a nut on it to clean up the threads. They welded up just fine with 75 amps and a 6013 rod with the good old Lincoln AC arc welder and a few minutes of demonstrating how to weld to both my boys.
Photo 2 shows yet again, I am working in the dark of night, this is the bellcrank with both pushrods installed, and the pedal freeplay length adjusted to 1-1/8 inch, the adjustable lower pushrod that completes the link between the bellcrank and the clutch fork is out at about 90% of it's total adjustment range, I also feel that it's a bit small on the fork end for it's intended purpose, so I just may end up making a new and improved one later on, this is just using stock readily available parts to make this swap work.
Not the best picture, but my older son Troy wanted me to take this shot and post it here in my journal, as he was under the vehicle doing the pushrod adjustment while I pushed and measured. He also made all the necessary connections of parts in that area during the course of the evening. Now he wants to learn how to drive a manual transmission.
Photo 3 AGAIN, shows the upper pushrod through the hole in the floor, this is where the factory had the floor pre-marked for this sort of application. For future reference I would prefer the boot to be mounted with the screws at a 90 degree angle to the center line of the vehicle, and not at a 45 degree like the factory did it. I will also make sure to move the 2 inch hole toward the vehicle center line 1/2-inch, as I did not fully clear a welded floor support brace to the lower left of the center of the hole, and this will also center the pushrod in the hole for better boot fitment.
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