Date:         Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:54:21 -0500
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From:         JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: how is the gas pedal affixed?
Comments: To: Tom Carchrae <tom@CARCHRAE.NET>
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Related to this - the pedal attach point is a place where water
accumulates - from rain, snow - what have you. it's a place to watch for
rust. I didn't and now have a hole in the floor at that point. Any
suggestions as to how to patch it it?? It's about 4"x6" and is in the
floor an the tunnel a bit. I treated it so it would not  rust further -
but I need to patch it.

Thanks,

John

On 8/15/2013 10:34 AM, Tom Carchrae 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
>