Hot Rods Chevy bellhousing question

What year(s) Chevy V8 bellhousings take the 168 tooth flywheel and are made for hydraulic clutch (external slave cylinder bolts onto the bellhousing)? I currently have a bellhousing made for mechanical clutch linkage (out of a '76 Chevy pickup) with a Mazda/Courier master and slave cylinder and the slave cylinder mounted on a bracket I made. It works, but I am having to replace slave cylinders often. I am thinking the Mazda/Courier master and slave with 5/8" bore and just not strong enough for the application. I know the Chevy slave and master have bigger bore.

 

The one in my car is from an 81 Chevy 1 ton dump truck. Matching hydraulics but I had to make an angled shim to make the master fit better on the firewall.

 

Thanks, Ratmotor. That gives me an idea of where to start looking. Place close to home has some Chevy 3/4 ton and 1 ton trucks around that vintage.

 

they used them on half tons in the early 60s, like 60-62, and again starting in the 80s.

 

As I recall, the earlier version Squirrel mentions above had the slave cylinder on the right side of the bellhousing.

Ray

 

Really wouldn't care which side the slave cylinder mounts on, just a matter of routing the line to reach it. I knew that the 6 cylinder bellhousings had the slave cylinder on the p***enger side, couldn't remember about the V8s, as all of the early '60s Chevy trucks I knew personally were six cylinders. The early '60s Chevy pickup bell is designed for bellhousing motor mounts, so I'll be looking at the '80s stuff, which will be easier to find anyway. Yarbrough's close to home has a lot of '80s trucks, and they let you pull your own parts. Getting tired of replacing those Ford Courier/Mazda slave cylinders about once a year. I like an external type slave cylinder because I change one out and bleed the system in under 30 minutes.

 

I heartedly agree on the external mounted slave cylinder. The thought of having to pull the engine or trans to repair/replace is not appealing.

Ray

 

Back in the day. I used late fifties/early sixties GMC dual master and drivers side slave.. Still have one in the barn somewhere. Last one I remember installing was used in a 60 Stude Lark with a 401 nailhead in it. Offy belhousing. Standard Chevy fork with slave mounted to a bracket from the engine/belhousing mount. Olds three speed trans. A real sleeper..