Duck clutch/remote clutch conversion for a 165 advice please?

clutch on gearstick.... really sorry to hear bud,

 

There's a lot of options.

You can do a motorcycle style clutch (pull handle). The other option that I've seen is a lever that pivots and actuates the clutch pedal. He'd use his left hand to grab the lever and pull it down to work the clutch.

 

Sorry to hear about that, but glad that he is doing OK.

Reminded me of this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aktV1OC4h0M

 

Sorry to hear that man :/

 

It could be possible to rig up a solenoid where the slave cylinder is located that is activated via a button on the gear stick. Have a chat to an automotive sparky about it, you'd just need a simple mounting bracket, a fuse, a strong solenoid, a relay, a bunch of wire and a momentary switch.

A lot cheaper than 2 grand I'd say.

 

no good for taking off arron

 

add a second button to the back of the right side of the steering wheel? Or somewhere else?

There's no problem adding more buttons, just make them NC instead of NO so you need to have both unpressed to engage the clutch.

 

How can you take off gently if the clutch is either always on or off.

 

Oh that's what you meant.
In that case, I'd make use of a really torquey geared stepper motor with a worm gear and an instant disengage/"fade in" engage circuit.
Or something like that.

 

Might be easier to go mechanical with this one, like a flappy paddle on the steering wheel for the clutch thats fed in through the bezel around the steering wheel .

 

You're probably right lol
It's always a challenge finding somewhere to put a contol that's supposed to independent of both the steering wheel and gear stick.

 

It's sad to hear it's a way of life can happen to one of us ,but if it was me put in auto box only will need one leg to control.

 

i have a few buddies in the army who have lost a leg or both and one of them has a 89 Cressida with a 7mgte swap. He has a fake leg from the hip down and he said with a little practice hes still able to drive his cressida and believe it or not he can still maintain a fairly decent drift line. So all hope isnt lost, i'll ask him some more about it and maybe get you some more info because i know he looked into the alternate clutch setup

 

Very nice, it was touching to read about.