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theduck

posted on 12/5/12 at 09:20 PM Reply With Quote
Pedal issue

For the first time I had all 3 of my pedals in 'neutral' positions and I discovered that all is bit well. It appears there is something in the way of mr foot travelling freely between brake and accelerator, going to have a proper look tomorrow as was only meant to be putting the lawn mower away before going out and was in there half an hour.

Whatever it is I hope it can be moved or cut out as there us no room to move the pedal over and it could mean size 11s are just too big for the hood

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stevegough

posted on 13/5/12 at 05:09 AM Reply With Quote
Whatever you do, ensure that there is no chance of the accelerator ever jamming down in a 'foot to the boards' scenario! I goosed my first engine because of this mistake.





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dave r

posted on 13/5/12 at 07:15 AM Reply With Quote
size 11's do go into a hood.....
you will find that if you dont carpet all the way down the tunnel, you can use the side of the cockpit as a rest for your right foot when on the throttle....
mine has witness marks off my shoe from doing this
it gives you vital space for the other 2 pedals





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tomgregory2000

posted on 13/5/12 at 07:55 AM Reply With Quote
i had to have different shoes to drive in so my feet would fit, found some narrow ones
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theduck

posted on 13/5/12 at 03:17 PM Reply With Quote
Seems it's the steering column
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ReMan

posted on 13/5/12 at 04:44 PM Reply With Quote
Best not cut it out then





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theduck

posted on 13/5/12 at 05:50 PM Reply With Quote
Panic over. Had a proper look as tried sitting in again. seems I had the accelerator further forward than I thought so it wasn't the steering column it was the acellrrator it self. Set the pedal back a bit and all good now.
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