on 12/13/04 11:46 AM, Matt Trebelhorn at matt@trebelhorn.com wrote:
> I hadn't thought of that... only a problem in the earlier cars, though.
> And the switch could be relocated to the top of the dead pedal,
> couldn't it?
That's right. I just didn't want to get into extending the wiring harness,
which has no slack at that point -- a remarkable number of wires go through
the hi-beam switch.
My legs are actually long enough that the switch could be a dead pedal,
itself, except for the annoying side effects...
>
> I've never driven an early B (not one with a foot-operated lightswitch,
> anyway), so I'm not sure exactly how this was arranged.
>
> Matt
> On Monday, December 13, 2004, at 01:43 PM, Max Heim wrote:
>
>> I have often pondered this issue myself, but haven't been able to get
>> past
>> the problem that it would block the high beam switch. Not that that is
>> insoluable, just more trouble than I was willing to deal with.
>>
>> on 12/13/04 10:23 AM, Matt Trebelhorn at matt.lists@trebelhorn.com
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Drivers of RHD cars can use the starter cover as a dead pedal; LHD
>>> cars
>>> don't have a practical place to rest/brace the left foot.
>>>
>>> If you have made up a dead pedal for a LHD car, what did you use? How
>>> big is it? How is it secured? Got a picture?
>>>
>>> Just asking. Occasional autocrosses, and an even more occasional
>>> track
>>> day, make me curious. And driving borrowed cars recently has made me
>>> jealous of those who have a good place to put the left foot when it's
>>> not at work...
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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