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The directions with this Downey bellhousing are weak. I'm looking for slave cylinder positioning info on a Downey 4 speed to SBC bellhousing adapter. (Sorry for the lack of info Mark) Anyone have a pic of their downey slave bracket installed?

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Assuming you're working with a V-8 bellhousing there Dom.:confused:

Assuming so, I have not had luck using the boss on the bellhousing that is cast in for the slave. To make a long story short, it was not only too close to the clutch fork, but at the wrong angle.:frown:

I bolted a piece of angle iron to the boss, positioned the slave cylinder at the correct distance and angle [to the fork] on the horizontal surface of the angle iron, drilled the angle accordingly, and mounted the slave cylinder SIDEWAYS!

As long as the bleeder screw is on top while you're purging air out of the system, it doesn't have to actually be RUN that way.;)

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Mark A.
 
The answer is easy: ABANDON the Downey mounting point.

Implimenting it is the hard part. Just hold the slave cylinder in the position YOU think it should be in to work best and build a bracket to suit. You shouldn't have any problem attaching your new bracket to the Downey mounting point.

The angle iron is just the solution that worked for me.;)

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Mark A.
 
Thanks Mark. I looked at it a bit tonight and will definitely fab a bracket (may just piggy back the Downey bracket). Not sure why Downey has this so jacked up since they claim to have 30+ years of fabbing Toyota ONLY parts.

Pic 1: Aligned straight on this is the placement (much further forward than the Downey bracket)...


Pic 2: "Kicked out" a bit. I was trying to keep the bleeder at the top, but you make a good point which would allow some more options. (Any concern with angling the slave?). I'll check with sideways mounting tomorrow.

I appreciate your time.
slaveoption1.jpg
slaveoption2.jpg
 
Well I resolved this issue so I thought I'd post up the results...

1. Comparison of Downey bracket and the one I fabbed. (Notice the length improvement).

2. Tapped threads (red arrow). Originally tapped at the blue arrow but wanted some alignment options so I slotted that instead.

3. Slave cylinder mounted to the bracket. (the angle helped with mounting near the starter).
slavefinal.jpg
slavebraket3.jpg
slavecylinder.jpg
 
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