I have not seen this mentioned yet, but access to the bottom side of this
is located (for what I understand) via the clam shell for the spare tire.
SO I guess one could engineer all sort of fixes coming from below.

el t.

On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote:

> Mig welder and some sheet metal. You also just screw or rivet a piece in
> place and seal the edges.
>
> Dennis,
> From my phone.
> ________________________________
> From: JRodgers<mailto:jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
> Sent: 8/15/2013 3:54 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM<mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Subject: Re: how is the gas pedal affixed?
>
> 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
> >
>