I realized I made a mistake. My rod measures 13" not 14" as I said earlier.
Ron Olds
At 14:06 10/20/2000 -0500, Ronald Olds wrote:
>I thought i was going to be doing something simple on the car today but as
>usual things haven't turned out as planned.
>
>I'm connecting the clutch linkage and have a couple of questions. I have
>welded up the holes in the clutch link and the lever and redrilled back to
>the proper size. I have purchased a new clutch rod because the old one had
>been mangled and repaired several times. With all of the rods connected the
>lever (on the oil pan) points to the 6:00 position. According to Horst
>Schach's manual it should be pointing to the 8:00 position to be most
>effective. I don't believe I'm getting full travel of the pedal. It looks
>like the clutch link is too short. Mine measures 14 inches between the
>center of the clevis pin holes. It looks like it should be about 3/8"
>longer. Can someone possible measure their and let me know the proper
>length? Also where does the spring attach to the lever?
>
>Thanks in advance for the help.
>Ron Olds
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