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BigBoi4Lyph Member

Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Posts: 233 Location: Olympia, Washington
1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:54 am Post subject: best tool for cutting clutch master hole? |
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so i was hopeing to use a circle cutter and then just grind out the oval shape.
but i cant seem to find a metal hole cutter that goes in a drill.
any advise/tips to cutting this area?
also how did you guys cut the tunnels shifter hole? from the bottom or the top?
i have the donnar car still so i can probably take the position of the shifter hole from it and mark it on the top side of mine and cut it out huh?
thanks. Almost their!!! _________________ 87 Camaro Z28 - Iroc-Z |
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iansane Member

Joined: 16 Jan 2004 Posts: 5742 Location: Bothell
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:19 am Post subject: |
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I just used a hole saw to cut my master cylinder hole and a cutoffwheel for the shifter. _________________
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BigBoi4Lyph Member

Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Posts: 233 Location: Olympia, Washington
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:30 am Post subject: |
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just a bi metal hole saw on a drill?
i dont have any air unfourtunatly and i dont have a electric cut off wheel i could probably pick up a harbor freight one for cheep that will work.
i have a saw-all but i would need to start the hole with a series of drill holes ro something. _________________ 87 Camaro Z28 - Iroc-Z |
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Twilightoptics Hardcore (12sec Club)

Joined: 13 Jan 2004 Posts: 9191 Location: Auburn , WA
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:25 am Post subject: |
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| BigBoi4Lyph wrote: | just a bi metal hole saw on a drill?
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Yup.
And a cut-off wheel for the shifter hole. _________________ A redline a day keeps the carbon away! |
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aaron_sK Member
Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 8834 Location: Back in beautiful Tacompton
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:06 am Post subject: |
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| Twilightoptics wrote: | | And a cut-off wheel for the shifter hole. |
...or a sawzall and do it redneck style like I did.
If you need to borrow a hole saw BigBoi I have a few laying around you can have no problem. |
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Twilightoptics Hardcore (12sec Club)

Joined: 13 Jan 2004 Posts: 9191 Location: Auburn , WA
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:31 am Post subject: |
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| aaron_sK wrote: | | Twilightoptics wrote: | | And a cut-off wheel for the shifter hole. |
...or a sawzall and do it redneck style like I did.
If you need to borrow a hole saw BigBoi I have a few laying around you can have no problem. |
I'm so tired of seeing jagged botched 5spd installs! Cut it CLEAN! Then you wont cut yourself when you put the shifter in! _________________ A redline a day keeps the carbon away! |
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blue89 Member

Joined: 23 May 2006 Posts: 3482 Location: Bellingham/Eugene
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:30 am Post subject: |
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| Nice pair of tin snips on the shifter hole? |
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iansane Member

Joined: 16 Jan 2004 Posts: 5742 Location: Bothell
1991 Pontiac Trans Am
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Twilightoptics wrote: | | aaron_sK wrote: | | Twilightoptics wrote: | | And a cut-off wheel for the shifter hole. |
...or a sawzall and do it redneck style like I did.
If you need to borrow a hole saw BigBoi I have a few laying around you can have no problem. |
I'm so tired of seeing jagged botched 5spd installs! Cut it CLEAN! Then you wont cut yourself when you put the shifter in! |
After I cut my hole I took some tiny black vacuum line, slit it down the side, squeezed rtv inside it and pushed it on the edge of the hole. Makes a nice grommit.  |
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BigBoi4Lyph Member

Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Posts: 233 Location: Olympia, Washington
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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used a cut off wheel on a drill to start all 4 sides of the tunnle and then a sawzall to finish it purned out nice and staight. looks good.
bought a 1.5 inch hole saw cut the master hole and used some griding buts to oval it out a little bit.
got everything bolted up tranny in and come to find out the master that was seeming kinda weak on the way home took a big crap and only was randomly supplying pressure.
haha not it dosent at all so i tryed a new slave but that didnt help so i get to take out the booster again tommorow and get a new master in their.
other then that this swap has gone very well. _________________ 87 Camaro Z28 - Iroc-Z |
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