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Re: Clutch pedal spring

To: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
Subject: Re: Clutch pedal spring
From: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 12:43:18 -0500
Erich,

How tall are you? How do you fit in an MGB? The only sensible solution is to
have your feet made smaller.

Jim

Bob Howard wrote:

> Erich,
>  I'm guessing that your foot hooks on the spring at the beginning of the
> coil, so that the hook gets pulled and breaks.  Do you have any sort of
> plastic tubing that you could cut to length and tape in such a way that
> the pedal end could stretch out of the tube while the tube protects the
> vulnerable end connected to the panel under the dash?
> Bob
>
> On Wed,  2 Feb 2000 15:12:16 -0500 "Erich" <erich@mail.NGBM.COM> writes:
> > Hello list,
> >  I seem to have developed a bad habit of breaking the litle spring
> > that helps to hold the clutch pedal out at its furthest. My problem
> > is that my foot is too large (size 13US) and with my heel on the
> > floor hits the spring. I have broken the spring twice in the past
> > few months. Is this something that I can just keep disconnected and
> > not worry abbout, or should I try to find a fix for it. Maybe drill
> > a hole further up on the pedal.
> >
> >
> > Erich -1980 MGB


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