Manual linkage install help
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It's almost a unicorn. It doesn't have the big mounting tab on the driver's side of the bellhousing for the slave cylinder. The pivot point (ball stud) is also in a different location. You can't just take a 3rd gen Camaro hydraulic bellhousing like pictured above and cut the tab off of it.
Going to suggest here that the Z-Bars and their attendant linkage are generational to the year/model groups that they fit. By this I mean that the G series of vehicles, MonteCarlo, El Camino, Malibu, Cutlass, Regal, Grand Prix and Grand Am all used the same basic chassis assembly. That tends to mean that all the required holes for the various brackets should be present even though they may not be used for a specific application.
For the earlier A designated predecessors, all this would be different as their parts are mostly exclusive to them.
Chronologically, the A's were produced up until 1977. In 1978, everything shrank, and the mid line became the G-series. They technically ceased production in 1987. If you hear of or see a G that is being depicted as an 88, it is an 87 leftover that was redated for sale the following year.
For the earlier A designated predecessors, all this would be different as their parts are mostly exclusive to them.
Chronologically, the A's were produced up until 1977. In 1978, everything shrank, and the mid line became the G-series. They technically ceased production in 1987. If you hear of or see a G that is being depicted as an 88, it is an 87 leftover that was redated for sale the following year.
Actually, our cars were still A's until '81 as in '82 they became G's cause most of the platform was to be replaced by the "new" A platform. Technically the only G was the Grand Prix as it used G as it's platform dispite being built on an extended A chassis from '69 to '77 & shared lots of parts with the Tempest/LeMans & later with the Grand Am & Bonneville in our generation of the platform.
All of which begs a followup question as to why the year group is described as being 78 to 88 when you go the aftermarket or even OEM suppliers for parts and components? Outfits like OPG don't seem to tend to break it out or employ the distinction.
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Easier to go G as it was used a few more years than A. Some places only list '82-'88. Then there's the '81-'88 Cutlass Supreme which nothing fits. It does get complicated at times for no reason. I've ran into issues where a common part for the Monte Carlo was listed as a '82 up part, not a fit for my '81 but GM had it as the same p/n for '78 up. PPG had it right with early preproduction paint info keeping our cars a A's in '82 & the FWD's were listed a G's. Wish I still had that stuff from the paint store days.
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