rod operated clutch.

[craiggor]

clutch cable just snaped on my mk1 landliner,2.5 di,mt 75.had a spacer on cable to take up the slack.has any one fited mk3 pedals.or converted to rod operated clutch.early mk 1's had them.

[Mephilth]

hi there,

my early mk1 has it the other way arround.
The rod operated cluth was converted to cable but with the original pedal assembly.

I'd say you need the early under the floor mounted pedal assembly and brake master cylinder to do this as the later style hanging pedals are nowhere near the required height for the clucth.
The haynes manual has a pretty detailed illustration of it.

But I would advise against it as the force neede to press the clutch pedal seems to be notibly higher with this pedal setup.

Why don't you just replace the cable?

[craiggor]

cheers mephilth,seen the haynes manual.mk 3 pedals to short.have bought 2 cables off ebay,none available local.just like the idea,used to have a reliant regal that had one,and when i built a trike i made one for that.googled rod operated clutch and it comes up with a nice line drawing.

[Mephilth]

If it would help you I could try to find the page from the Haynes Manual and upload it somewhere.
But Really, it's not worth the hassle. Just keep a spare cable.

Edit: especially since I think it would be a lot of work/ nearly impossible to combine the servo brake unit, if you have one, with the floor mounted pedals

[craiggor]

cheers again.i have the haynes manual.seen how ford did it.was thinking more on the lines of the drawing on google,welding a leaver to the top of the clutch pedal.the longer the leaver the more leaverage.fited a new cable and have spare.only 4 left on ebay.

[Mephilth]

they are available from motomobil,com iirc.

I thought about it some more but if you have the manual you know that it is set up like this in the early transits because the clutch arm actually went the other way vs newer models. Not sure how you gonna do it. have a link to the drawing you are referencing?

[FredTransit]

personally it seems a lot of work. I would stick with the cable but then again I am a lazy git!. Cable replacement takes less than an hour an fitting the rods could tke a week! No contest if you ask me.....

[craiggor]

thanks for the link to motomobil.i was just going to do it like the one on the left of the drawing.leaver welded to top of clutch pedal,going through slot/hole in bulkhead and L shaped leaver bolted to floor.

[craiggor]

yes fred lot of work.but no more snaped cables.fited a new cable now and carrying a spare.but when the world runs out of mk 1 cables i should of finished my rod mod.