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**'68OrangeSunshine** · 01-09-2022, 06:46 PM

The LMC catalog only shows an L6 Upper Clutch Pushrod. [which, after seeing it in person didn't fit my 292/SM465 set up. It was too different from the OEM.] I had my machinist fab one out of 3/8 or 1/2'' steel rod with heim joint ends.
The V8 part they don't even list.
GM made these pieces out of some kind of pot metal and they don't take weld repairs well. [They can get pretty chewed up, both at the Clutch Lever end -- inside the cab, and the Z-Bar hole, from constant use in a daily driver.]
If you can find a blown-out V8 Upper Pushrod, you could copy the bends and length and fit the ends with heim joints on a fresh steel rod,
But you may get lucky with a Want To Buy listing in the Parts Forum, since you're a Premium Member.

01-09-2022, 06:46 PM	#6
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,642	Re: Auto to manual question The LMC catalog only shows an L6 Upper Clutch Pushrod. [which, after seeing it in person didn't fit my 292/SM465 set up. It was too different from the OEM.] I had my machinist fab one out of 3/8 or 1/2'' steel rod with heim joint ends. The V8 part they don't even list. GM made these pieces out of some kind of pot metal and they don't take weld repairs well. [They can get pretty chewed up, both at the Clutch Lever end -- inside the cab, and the Z-Bar hole, from constant use in a daily driver.] If you can find a blown-out V8 Upper Pushrod, you could copy the bends and length and fit the ends with heim joints on a fresh steel rod, But you may get lucky with a Want To Buy listing in the Parts Forum, since you're a Premium Member. __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not. Last edited by '68OrangeSunshine; 01-09-2022 at 06:51 PM.