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I have a 83 J20 I am building.
AMC 360 and T18
shackle flip (stock height springs) and 3 inch body currently. planning on running 4 or 6 inch hell-creek springs (undecided in this area)
I will be keeping stock 360 but will throw some modern updates at it I drive pretty slow just drive offroad a lot. I don't rock climb but I don't want to make the truck limited by the linkage.
I was wondering if anyone has used the novak hydraulic clutch slave or the one BJ's offers?
Or am i better off using a mechanical linkage and just modding it to work with the body lift? Thanks!



EDIT: please excuse the rust and frame I'm in the middle of some serious body work and boxing the frame

Your clutch will be much softer with hydraulic, and when the engine torques over, your clutch wont go in and out. I have mechanical in my J10 and I hate it, its SUPER heavy. Hydraulic would be very nice, but have not done it yet.

Thanks for the feed back ! Just what I was looking for to pull the trigger on it, I don’t have a lot of time behind the wheel of the 83, I have a 64 j2000 three on the tree and it’s difficult to drive and that’s part of the fun. But this will see more drive time and I want it easy to drive.

I had a J20 with the 360/T18 and I could not stand the mechanical clutch linkage. I am currently gathering parts for a 4 door Cherokee build that will have an NV4500 and a hydraulic clutch. I will be using an AMC bellhousing, a factory slave from an 80s CJ, and a factory master from an early YJ joined with an AA braided hose and fittings. I will have to swap to hydroboost to clear the master but that was part of the plan anyways as I am going to be using a diesel motor. If you find any good solutions please post them. I will post mine when I get that far (probably later this year).