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Topic: clutch fork boot install
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zieber
Gearhead Posts: 172
From: Central Coast, CA, USA
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 05-16-2006 03:56 PM
 
I can't find any good diagrams of big block clutch fork boot installation and nothing I do quite looks right.There is a slot in the end of the boot and a little hole about 3/4" from the end on one side. As near as I can tell the little hole faces forward to accept the end of the lower linkage rod and the end of the fork protrudes out of the slot to expose the hole in the fork for the lower spring. Have I got this right? Also do I need a lower shifter boot for a Hurst Competition Plus shifter and will a stock lower shifter boot fit? Thanks. ------------------
1968 Mustang 428,
not original, $1200
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Rory McNeil
Gearhead Posts: 1889
From: Surrey, B.C. Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 05-16-2006 04:05 PM
It sounds like you have the clutch fork boot figured out OK. As for the shifter lower boot, Personally I have never used one with an aftermarket shifter. My buddy`s 70 Boss 429 had the original boot for the Hurst/Ford shifter, but I am unaware of one made for an aftermarket Comp/Plus shifter.The trans tunnel area isn`t really all that "dirty" of a location anyways, unless you plan on driving into lakes, of lots of dirt roads.------------------
78 Fairmont 428 4 speed 10.20@131.5mph 1.32 60 foot
80 Fairmont 302 5 speed 12.8@105mph
85 Mustang NHRA M/Stock 302 5speed. 12.36@106.88mph 1.63 60 foot
59 Meteor (Canadian Ford) 2 dr sedan 332, auto
74 F350 ramp truck 390 4spd
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68 S-code GT
Gearhead Posts: 3835
From: Sayreville, NJ, US
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 05-18-2006 08:46 AM
The fork boot sounds correct.As far as a lower boot for the Hurst shifter, I haven’t gotten an answer if one is made for that shifter either. I don’t think the one for the Ford shifter will work.
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Ed S. 68 S-code FB GT 4spd(now C6)/3.25 PS PDB
68 J-code(now 289) Cp Sprint"B" C4/3L00-9" PDB PS AC Bla-Bla-Bla
99 F150 XLT Ext/cab, 4X4, 5.4L, 3L55
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