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Mon Apr 28, 2014 1:29 am

Hi
Thanks for the reply

Regarding the accelerator lever, if you look at the other picture the main pedal shaft is coming through nearly to the end of the cover. How far is it supposed to go through? This has to be the reason why the lever isn't going in further? But there won't be much shaft in there at all if i knock it back and I'm worried it might fall out.

Because of the space of the hole the lever can only fit on one of two ways and the other way would just be daft :) that bit must be aligned properly.

I have no idea why the clutch tab is hitting the floor, the pedal stop is underneath the bracket and bolted all the way down. Might be related to the play I'm not sure, I thought maybe if the holes in the pan for the bracket were in the wrong place then it might be bending everything, but I can't see anything like that.

All i can think for the play really is that a circlip has come loose maybe but not sure how that could have happened.

I know about the spring thanks, I thought I could do that at the end. The curvey end just wraps around the brake pedal doesn't it? I had a quick go and it didn't really want to play ball and I didn't think there was any point playing with that when I probably have bigger problems and would have to take it off again anyway.

Tue Apr 29, 2014 1:11 pm

mostly all sorted now :)

my next question is regarding that spring, how is it supposed to go on?

i thought the curved bit of the spring was supposed to go round the back of the brake pedal and hook onto the groove in the pin that holds the pushrod, whilst the straight end was supposed to be in front of the pedals-however now im not so sure, mine doesnt seem to want to do that unless i need to manipulate it a bit 8)

the curve doesnt seem right for a start.

Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:41 pm

Oh come on, what did you do it fix it??

You're correct about the curved part of the spring lying behind the brake pedal shaft; the straight part lies underneath the assembly pointing towards the front of the car, so you need to orient it and load the spring before bolting down the assembly as it's not possible to turn it around with everything attached to the floorpan.

Hooray for progress! :lol:

Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:54 pm

The main shaft had been beaten at one end at some point so the Acc lever was just hitting the end of it rather than going in. The clutch hitting the floor I just put a couple of washers under the bracket which bolts it to the floor, chatting maybe but hey. The play seems to have sorted it self out, for now anyway.

So I need to undo the bolts to the pan, stuck the straight end under the car pointing forwards, then wrap the curved end round and into the groove. Does it red bending at all? Hopefully you can see from the picture that the curved end looks odd, is this normal?

Thanks for all your help .

Also got to find out where the acc hinge needs to go on the pan.

Tue Apr 29, 2014 6:44 pm

johnfraser wrote: i thought the curved bit of the spring was supposed to go round the back of the brake pedal and hook onto the groove in the pin that holds the pushrod
Ermm, what groove in the pin...? The only groove in the pin which secures the brake pedal to the pushrod is for the circlip which secures that (quite important) pin in place. Actually I think you have that pin in the wrong way around, it should enter from the right and exit on the left and be secured there by the circlip (in the groove).

The spring does curve around the back of the brake pedal all right but usually just rests against the back of the pedal with no involvement from the pushrod pin.

Much like this pic...

Quote: So I need to undo the bolts to the pan, stuck the straight end under the car pointing forwards, then wrap the curved end round and into the groove. Does it red bending at all? Hopefully you can see from the picture that the curved end looks odd, is this normal?
'fraid so; but just wrap the curved end around the back of the pedal as above. Easiest to do this bit first and then wind the straight end around and underneath the whole thing to add tension and bolt it all back down again (and you need to do all this without the clutch cable end falling off the hook :lol: Words have not yet been invented to express the joy of that particular occurrence...) . Shouldn't require bending and your spring looks normal to my eye.
Quote: Also got to find out where the acc hinge needs to go on the pan
There's so much play in the stock accelerator linkage you're probably ok to just eyeball it. You could try it in a couple of positions and see how you get on; as long as the linkage is doing its job freely and without any hangups you're golden.

Thu May 29, 2014 9:59 am

Regarding the pedal stop, does it stop the clutch pedal as well as the brake pedal?
Just bought a 66 for my wife and the brake pedal comes way too far back.
I have to remove the pedal assembly to do floor repair so now would be a good time to repair/fix/replace the brake pedal stop.
I guess one can just make a slotted plate and bolt it to a nut welded under the floor pan?
Thks,
Dwight[/img]

Thu May 29, 2014 10:43 am

No need to 'make " a slotted plate...if you look at the third photograph I see a lock hasp cut off... instant slotted plate :D