Hope about lengthening the shifter arm out of the column by 2 or 3 inches so
the shifter linkage will be back in the same location?
Joe
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Date: Monday, April 30, 2001 6:24 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Brake and Trans linkage problem
>Sorry I didn't clarify that the column shift which had to be moved
"outside"
>(toward the drivers door) by 2 or 3 inches to clear the headers) ... and
that
>this MIGHT have complicated the "interference" of the travel-arc of the
>brake-booster arm when applying the brakes... Hopes this helps with your
>answers
>
>
>Zach
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>From: "Lyle Castens" <redsfast@bellsouth.net>
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>Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Brake and Trans linkage problem
>Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 13:37:33 -0400
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>Never mind me trying to type something that I don't know about... you go
ahead
>and answer... just make sure to clarify that the column shift had to be
moved
>"outside" (toward the drivers door) by 2 or 3 inches to clear the
headers)...
>and that this MIGHT have complicated the "interference" of the travel-arc
of
>the brake-booster arm when applying the brakes...
>
>((( NOT that we would change things - we had no choice because of the
headers
>- but thinking about it now, if the column COULD have stayed "original"
>location, I'd bet that we wouldn't have had the interference problem... but
>since we wanted the headers and the column, this is just another wrinkle to
>iron out... )))
>
>Might also mention something about the "mis_aligned" brake pedal (firewall
>penetration to the booster arm)... which is necessary for clearance
between
>the booster-arm's travel-arc and the engine...
>
>The other guy that responded (with the pics of the bucket seats) needs to
>understand that it's COLUMN shift - not floor shift...
>
>As far as solving the mis_alignment between the pedal and the booster-arm,
we
>should be able to drill a new hole like we did for the column, and move the
>pedal to PROPERLY fit the booster-arm (patching the firewall hole later
with
>all the other ones)... But the obvious and most important trick - right
now -
>is the column-tranny shift linkage... I don't think that the 1 inch
(maybe)
>that we'd move the pedal, would really solve that much - maybe even make
more
>- interference...
>
>And, speaking of firewall holes... need to think of some kind of bushing or
>grommet to keep the brake pedal from "wobbling" around the hole and rubbing
>metal-to-metal against the firewall... and thinking back to the
accelerator
>cable, from the pedal to the carb, even though the cable is "inside another
>cable", having the sharp edges of the hole rub the outer cable jacket will
cut
>and damage that cable, if nothing else than the vibration when the engine
is
>running and the body is "bouncing" from bumpy roads, unless we have a
grommet
>there, also...
>
>Sounds like we might have to have to take another look at different shift
>linkage options... either the "cable" thing for Fords... or a SPECIALIZED
>catalog from Lokar or Kugel... (I'll check out the internet this afternoon
>for Lokar and Kugel... or do you have those specialty catalogs already)
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