Turbo 616 powered Astro Van build
Turbo 616 powered Astro Van build
So the clutch pedal is just about resolved, some final welding to do once I have the right angle, but it hangs in the correct area finally-
from the outside, this is where the slave is supposed to poke through on vans that had this option in this body style-
after drilling a bunch of little holes and carefully working with the hacksaw and dremel, the hole was finally cleaned up-
this is a stock master cylinder for a 1990 astro RS, bought from autozone. They looked up the truck for me just using that info, and came up with this-
mounted outside and inside-
drilling some horizontal holes in this tiny inaccessible area was not really possible, at least for me, and I decided to instead cut a slot, build a pivot, and weld it up when I had it fitted properly.
this is where the hole is supposed to be i think, matches on both sides with this weird little curve-
I notched out that whole area on both sides- (not the cleanest cut in the world, but ill dress it up before I weld.
meanwhile with the pedal I made this little pivot piece with a couple ears for welding-
fitted it lines up pretty well, now to weld it in-
overall, this was a huge pain in the ass. Pics later once its permanently affixed