I've got a 75' Laguna S3, factory 350/TH350 trans car and I want to swap in a 4-speed. My Dad's vette has an M-22 rock crusher and I love the sound that thing makes, so my ideal plan would be to swap one of those in.

The biggest thing standing in my way is all the non-trans related stuff I would need, like the clutch pedal, cylinder, linkages, etc etc...

I know there are 4-speed Laguna's out there, but finding one as a donor car will likely be impossible, so does anyone know if the 4-speed setup out of any other cars will work for my Laguna?

I've got a 75' Laguna S3, factory 350/TH350 trans car and I want to swap in a 4-speed. My Dad's vette has an M-22 rock crusher and I love the sound that thing makes, so my ideal plan would be to swap one of those in.

The biggest thing standing in my way is all the non-trans related stuff I would need, like the clutch pedal, cylinder, linkages, etc etc...

I know there are 4-speed Laguna's out there, but finding one as a donor car will likely be impossible, so does anyone know if the 4-speed setup out of any other cars will work for my Laguna?

Look like this

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/panic951/mycar22223.jpg

Yup, 75' S3 with the urethane front end.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/shark_37/Laguna/DSC01365.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/shark_37/Laguna/DSC01366.jpg

I got mine off of ebay. Sometimes thet stuff is pretty pricey. The pedals and linkage usually comes out of a 73-77 ElCamino with a straight six three on the tree. A local yard had one sitting last spring with all the linkage. Don't know if it survived the last round of high steel price crushings though.:sad:

I believe I saw a repro kit for those years at www.thepartsplaceinc.com

http://www.chevytalk.org/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/176181/

You may want to price an M-22 before you get too excited, they don't come cheap.

Tom

Right.

And try to find a friendly boneyard that will hunt the pedal conversion up for you through their "watts line" to save you some money.

I bought a complete 1980 Cad Seville rear disc brake set-up off one for like $75 years ago that was found in like NE or maybe MN.

It's worth a try if there are no "Pick-A-Part" yards around??

pdq67

You may want to price an M-22 before you get too excited, they don't come cheap.

Tom

Tom makes a good point here, BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT, I think that the most difficult thing you're going to be up against is finding complete clutch linkage components for a 73-77 A-body. Although there are a lot of people who like this era of GM styling, these cars just DO NOT have the popularity of 72-earlier or 78-later bodies. Consequently, the aftermarket hasn't even jumped on this market as they have for the other body styles. So, regardless of the price of a manual tranny for your car, If you can't locate the required clutch linkage parts, your're dead in the water!

Fortunately, I ordered my 76 brand new with a 5sp and I really like it. :thumbsup:
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h219/DZAUTO/100_0362.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h219/DZAUTO/100_0363-1.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h219/DZAUTO/Cutlass.jpg

Tom! Why does that shifter arm look like the one I had in my 1965 Dodge Polara???:confused:

Do you have the part # for that arm?

I found a 4-speed swap kit for 73-77 Chevelle's, the kits description is as follows..

KIT INCLUDES PEDALS, Z-BAR, PEDAL TO Z-BAR ROD, CLUTCH FORK BOOT, CLUTCH FORK, CLUTCH ROD BOOT & RETAINER, PUSH ROD, ENGINE BALL STUD, SPRINGS, Z-BAR BRACKETS, SPRING CLIPS, AND NYLON WASHERS

Aside from the stuff in that kit, and then buying the transmission, bellhousing, shifter, and a clutch kit, is there anything else I would need?

I found a 4-speed swap kit for 73-77 Chevelle's, the kits description is as follows..

KIT INCLUDES PEDALS, Z-BAR, PEDAL TO Z-BAR ROD, CLUTCH FORK BOOT, CLUTCH FORK, CLUTCH ROD BOOT & RETAINER, PUSH ROD, ENGINE BALL STUD, SPRINGS, Z-BAR BRACKETS, SPRING CLIPS, AND NYLON WASHERS

Aside from the stuff in that kit, and then buying the transmission, bellhousing, shifter, and a clutch kit, is there anything else I would need?

A flywheel, a Shifter boot, I used a super boot the smaller ones kept tearing.
The best way would to be to find the tunnel hump but good luck on that!:yes:

TOOOOOM did you see the post with the complete repro clutch kit