Rapom's Rocket - just another Duster build thread
Progress report: decided to tackle the trans mount for the hyd clutch slave cylinder. Unbagged the Lakewood bell housing and the OD trans, God I forgot how heavy that trans is!, and set it on top of my nut and bolt box so I could sit on my *** to work on it. Bolted on the bell housing and the speedo sender (that thang with the red cap converts the mechanical speedo drive into an electrical signal for my Autometer speedometer) then proceeded to take inventory of my scrap bins to see what was available in order to design a mount. Having gone through and rejected about 7 different ideas I found a pair of upper shock brackets that came with my coil overs that I didn't use in the rear suspension fab. One of these looked like it would make a simplistic yet sturdy mount.
Pic 1: Mock up - using the existing hole in the top of the shock bracket I mounted it to the trans support assy using the driver's side outside mounting bolt. This location required the hyd cylinder to be mounted offset from the shock bracket in order to keep the cylinder roughly parallel to the drive train. You can see there is a bushing between the bolt and the shock bracket because the holes were way bigger than the bolt size needed for the heim bearing on the slave cylinder. Problem was the bushing OD wasn't quite big enough and it wasn't long enough.
Pic 2: Finish - After digging through all my hardware I came up with a steel tube that fit the diameter of the shock bracket hole but not small enough for the bolt and a bushings that fit the bolt but not the bracket. With a little massaging the two were pressed together into one bushing and trimmed to the appropriate length. I tacked welded the bushing and a washer nut to the shock bracket and with a squirt of black paint it was done.
Pic 3: Ahh yesssss, progress.
Whats left? Cutting the All Thread to length, adjusting the clutch, routing and making a hyd hose and connecting the wiring to the speedo. Guess I better not celebrate too much yet.