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85 and up had hydraulic clutch. Any year could have hydroboost brakes.
Yes, of course you still need to find a hydroboost specific setup, I should have clarified. I was concerned about model years since a lot of sellers dont state hydraulic or manual clutch but are usually pretty good about stating if its hydroboost or vacuum assist brakes.
I heard that the pedal differences between vacuum and hydroboost are minimal. apparently the rod is just a different length.
The pin the brake rod attaches to is in a different spot so the easiest thing to do is just put the hydroboost brake pedal onto the manual transmission pedal assembly and cut the foot pad down like posted earlier in the thread, but you could modify a vacuum pedal as well.
I would make sure even if someone says it’s out of an 85 or newer that it really is a hydraulic clutch setup as it’s not uncommon for things to be swapped around. I just bought a 79 that had been swapped to hydraulic clutch.
Good to know that's an option as well. A lot easier to find the vacuum pedal assemblies.
www.moderndriveline.com
I have a few solutions to this problem...finding a hydraulic and hydro boost pedal assembly may be expensive or time consuming (or both). You can find genuine parts from 4speedconversions as well as a lot of part numbers and which vehicle they came from.
you can also get all mechanical linkage in a kit (or individually) from USA1
I’m working with mechanical pedals that are non-hydro boost. They still need to be modified on the brakes side, but Modern Drive Lines makes a hydraulic retrofit kit to work with the mechanical pedals. This is no joke, they engineered this, not something you’ll have to modify to work in a stock setup. Call them, they will modify the kit to match your slave cylinder bore x travel and the right house fittings
73-87 Chevy C10/C20 Hydraulic Clutch Master Kit/ .750 bore / remote reservoir
73-87 Chevy C10/C20 Hydraulic Clutch Master Kit/ .750 bore / remote reservoir, Uses stock clutch pedal and rod hole (where possible) for ease of installation.
Makes sense...where did you find your pedal assembly?
ebay, just searched for 1987 c10 manual pedal assembly. They are very expensive for a rusty piece of metal. I sanded and repainted mine so at least it looks new.
