In a message dated 11/05/2009 9:29:19 P.M. Central Daylight Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: Very common in my neck of the woods. CORROSION is the culprit. Eats those pesky aluminium rivets that held the pedal to the floor. Use stainless steel machine screws with large outside diameter flat washers to repair. You MAY need to repair the floor pan also as most up this way are rotted out also ! See the photos of the floor repair on my _http://picasaweb.google.ca/FCondelli/VanagonBodyRepairBobRoach#_ (http://picasaweb.google.ca/FCondelli/VanagonBodyRepairBobRoach) website.
>>>>Is this very weird, or a normal problem? I've never heard of such a thing happening!<<<<<
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