clutch linkage.
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clutch linkage.
It's been raining to I havent had a chance to tackle it but...My motor is from a '68 Torino GT(390FE) and I can't find any place on the block to mount the thing for the z-bar....well...my frame mount is there w/ the plastic fittings in place where they need to be. There is no feasible place though to mount it on the engine...i have the engine mount thing I took off a 360 but I don't believe my 390 has the same mount holes...didnt look like it when I glanced under the hood. Also I can't find the Z-bar and correct stuff around here but I have one from an 80 3/4 ton and it looks as though it might should work. Anyone have any ideas? I've never fooled w/ the workings of manual trannies in this form and it's got me pretty confused right now.
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Just got done putting my engine back in on my 79 f150, 351m np 435 manual trans. The equalizer bar set up has a angle bracket with a ball on it that one end of the Z-bar rides on. This angle bracket mounted via two 3/8 inch bolts in to the side of the bell housing right at the housing /engine block metal spacer . Dont know if this helps on a 390 tho, just a try, good luck
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From: waco
Greg, a 302, 351w/c/m, 400, 429, 460 all bolt the bell housing. All of the FE's bolt to the block. Machfather, let me know if anyone has sent pictures yet. If they haven't, I can hook you up. There is a plate that has a ball stud on it that will bolt to the back of your block.
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I have that little bracket w/ the ball that bolts to the back of the block. The problem is though...it looks like it will set further back than the frame bracket w/ the ball. That's what is bugging me...and it seems like there's way too much space for the z-bar to fit.
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are you sure that the Z bar and the plate that bolts to the frame are for a truck? If you want...take some measurements of your pices....and I will measure mine to make sure that they are the same. You may also try to find the part numbers on them. Let me know what you have and I will look at mine.
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I will try to measure them today if I get a chance. The frame bracket piece is what was originally on my truck. It lines up where it should w/ the holes in the cab. I'll try to measure it though and find out.
