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Does anyone have a diagram or photo that shows where the return springs for the clutch and brake are hooked? Thanks.

the brake return spring is on the MC [see pic lower left], the clutch hooked to a tab on an oil pan bolt originally, but usually that's gotten changed to "what's handy" over the years - pic on the right here .... shop manuals and assembly manuals are quite useful

Bill

Hugh-
I can't provide any info regarding the clutch spring right now, but just last night I was connecting my brake spring, so it is still fresh in my memory. It attaches on one end exactly as shown in Figure 11 using Bill/Red58's first link. (Seeing that picture makes me think I have mine installed in reverse: I installed the straight portion at the brake lever.)

On my truck, the other end of the brake spring attaches to a section of tough wire, looped on one end, and tied to the frame on the other. This wire is about 6 or 8 inches aft of the brake line T-junction. I used a brake spring tool to pull against the tension and attach the spring hook to the loop.

Oddly (at least on mine!) when that spring is installed, it runs about an inch or so directly over the master cylinder cap. To take off the cap, you have to push the spring aside to get unobstructed clearance.

Bill

(Bill: I got the MC/brake linkage assembly installed last night; sure was a lot easier installing than removing! I hope to bleed the lines tonight.)

What Red said. Mine was wrapped around the left front engine mount

Funny-I posted last night about the same subject-I'm putting my 55 back together and it ocurred to me last nite I've forgotten an awefull lot relative to where things went-That bracket doesn't exist on my truck either-I'll need to cobble something up.

Keith

on my 58 with duals, I put a strap around the driver side straight down head pipe and hooked the clutch spring to that cuz it made a straight pull and I happened to have a good spring the right length what ever works

Bill

Thanks to all for the replies. As you can tell, this is my first stovebolt. I knew that the 3 foot long spring hooked under the radiator was not correct. The previous owners of this truck have done everything wrong or backwards and I don't have the knowledge of what is correct. I have learned a lot just reading thru old posts, there is so much information here.

Hugh

My bracket is missing and this is what I'm doing:

I'm replacing 1 oil pan screw with an extra long(1") stainless version. I'm having a hole drilled thru this 1/4-20 bolt about an 1/8 of an inch from the top..I'll then thread it in the pan/block and it will stick out the other side by about 1/2 inch. This will form a post. I have a new spring from Carter and I'll insert the end of the spring thru the hole in the bolt. If for some reason that doesn't work out I'll simply put a washer and nut on the bolt.

Keith