hydraulic clutch? 59 ford?

choptvan · Post by **choptvan** » March 5, 2011, 9:39 pm

I heard about a 59-60 or so hydraulic clutch getting used in a slick and was curious. Does anyone have info/photos or anything on this application? Is it legit?

charliemccraney · Post by **charliemccraney** » March 10, 2011, 9:50 am

I'm sure it can be done. They use a 4 bolt master cylinder whereas our trucks are set up for a two bolt, similar to the brake cylinder.
Some big slicks had a hydraulic clutch. You can get all of the parts from one, the master cylinder, slave cylinder, pedal, and pushrods, and swap it to your truck.

I started to try to install one but ran into problems that I didn't want to sort out at the time. It's toward the middle of this post: http://fordtruk.com/forums/viewtopic.ph ... sc&start=0

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » March 11, 2011, 4:34 pm

All of our trucks have Hydraulic clutches!, not a good shot, can get better if someone wants!

unibody madness · Post by **unibody madness** » March 11, 2011, 8:26 pm

Alan,
I would love to see better pics of the hydaulic clutch set up.
How easy are they to come by down there? They would make headers a lot easier to install without the Z bracket.
John

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » March 11, 2011, 10:02 pm

John, here are some more pic`s, there is a double offset bracket that bolts to the bell house ring which has a number on it!, but I couldn`t quite make it out!. The bracket for the spring is a bit out there, and I`m sure could be trimmed in closer to the slave cylinder!. It only dawned on me the other week! ,that the US Slicks have mechanical clutches!

boy what have I been looking at at Slick stock?. I`ll pull the set-up off the motor and clean it up and get the numbers off the parts.

the master cylinder is just a single pot brake M/C, but it was dirty so I scrapped it!

unibody madness · Post by **unibody madness** » March 11, 2011, 11:01 pm

Well I have the slave cyl from the 312 I picked up after a tree fell on a 60 truck, The real problem is that the clutch master appears to be a larger bore than the brake master and hard to find

slick4x4 · Post by **slick4x4** » March 12, 2011, 10:35 am

i might have one (master) if you have the slave
out of a 59... no idea what kind of condition the bore is though
my comp is down at home, so iim not on here much right now
i will look and be sure i have one