hydraulic clutch

["Watry, Andrew (LNG-SFR)" <Andrew.Watry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ReDio's hydraulic clutch in a Super:

There are two ways to do this on a LHD mechanical-clutch 105 car:

* Install the pedal setup from a LHD US 1969 car, which has a hydraulic
clutch setup with the floor pedals.  It basically all bolts in, though you
have to drill a couple holes for the clutch MC along the "frame" rail under
the driver's side floor, but it's probably the easiest route.  These MCs are
getting hard to find though.  You can use the same slave as later cars.

* Install a hanging pedal assembly from a 1971 or later car.  This is a lot
more work involving cutting the firewall and moving stuff, though people do
it.  This way you get the later brake MC and booster too, which is a lot
easier to deal with.  A big project though.

Non-hydraulic alternatives include (1) putting a 1750 with 1600 flywheel in
a mechanical clutch car, which works nicely and is a bolt-in job, and (2)
using the Zebell TO bearing adaptor to mate a 2000 engine to a 104
mechanical-clutch trans and bellhousing.  This makes for a very stiff clutch
pedal though, with a serious now-it's-in/now-it's-out action kind of like a
light switch.  Alfa diaphragm clutches (1750, 2000) were meant to have
hydraulic actuation, not mechanical.

Andrew Watry
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