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zieber
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From: Central Coast, CA, USA
Registered: Mar 2006

posted 05-16-2006 03:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for zieber   Click Here to Email zieber     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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.

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Rory McNeil
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Registered: Nov 2000

posted 05-16-2006 04:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Rory McNeil   Click Here to Email Rory McNeil     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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.

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