I once had this happen 700 miles from home, & duct taped the pedal to the
floor for the return trip, I can't believe that vanagons still had that
design, my problem was a 63 Doka that had rusted thru the floor also.

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-20-50 years & the things just don't last!

On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote:

> 3/16" pop rivets do the job well unless the floor is shot. You can get
> rivets in aluminum, steel, and stainless steel. You can also get them with
> a closed end. For extra strength they even sell backing washers.
>
> Dennis
>
> > Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 08:34:41 -0700
> > From: tom@CARCHRAE.NET
> > Subject: how is the gas pedal affixed?
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >
> > 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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Tom Buese