Question regarding z-bar and installing engine - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**Yukon Jack** · 01-09-2007, 12:06 PM

I will be putting my rebuilt 400 sbc in my 70 K5 in the near future and it has a manual transmission so it has a z-bar for the clutch linkage.

How does one go about attaching the z-bar? Do you slip the z-bar on the ball post on the side of the engine as your sliding and dropping the engine in place or do you worry about it after the motor is in? If you wait for the motor to be in, do you leave the ball post on the engine and work the z-bar in place or something else?

Guess this gives me a good reason to post a pic of the 400 cause it shows the ball post for reference

01-09-2007, 12:06 PM	#1
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,684	Question regarding z-bar and installing engine I will be putting my rebuilt 400 sbc in my 70 K5 in the near future and it has a manual transmission so it has a z-bar for the clutch linkage. How does one go about attaching the z-bar? Do you slip the z-bar on the ball post on the side of the engine as your sliding and dropping the engine in place or do you worry about it after the motor is in? If you wait for the motor to be in, do you leave the ball post on the engine and work the z-bar in place or something else? Guess this gives me a good reason to post a pic of the 400 cause it shows the ball post for reference __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14 Last edited by Yukon Jack; 06-24-2010 at 11:59 AM.



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