Tom ~ That happened to me too. The rivets had rusted enough to break loose. I cut out maybe a 4x4x1/16 inch piece of aluminum drilled the holes and re-riveted the pedal to the plate tucking it under the rug. That was years ago. No trouble since. John Meeks '91 Vanagon MV Phoenix Stock 2.1 250K miles Northern Michigan Vanagon Rescue Squad <http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon-Rescue-Squad74.htm> Android and iOS apps www.vanagonauts.com
On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Tom Carchrae <tom@carchrae.net> wrote: > I was not having a good van day, and to top it off, when pulling out of the > gas station, the accelerator pedal didn't work. On inspection, the pedal > had come loose from the floor. > > The pedal looks like this: > > > http://a248.e.akamai.net/origin-cdn.volusion.com/o42db.t5sus/v/vspfiles/photos/VWC-251-721-511-D-2.jpg > > On the floor, I found two metal pegs that poke into the two plastic holes > on the end of the gas pedal. However, I did not find anything else that > would fix the pedal down. > > I found this picture, indicating some kind of rivet > > http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m218/tencentlife/van%20tech%20items/DSC01057.jpg > > So, I guess I am looking for two large rivets? > > I'm curious to know why I didn't find any rivets under the carpet - > although there was a lot of crud under the carpet. Perhaps someone just > glued it in the past?... > > Tom > |
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