My question in all this is - how does one best fix this when a chunk of
the metal is missing.

My van rusted through right under the pedal - but the two points where
the pop-rivets were is still there - and I temporarily fixed that. But
the hole under the pedal extends into the tunnel next to it. So that
means bending a piece of metal into a sort of "L" shape and then pound
it with a hammer and shaping tools to form it to the contours of the
floor - not an easy task. Applying the epoxy bond would be the easy part.

I'm open to ideas.

Thanks,

John

On 2/7/2014 9:34 PM, Jim Arnott wrote:
> The pedal came loose at the floor. ETKA shows pop rivets as the attaching fasteners. Can anyone verify this? (Pop rivets will make fixing it MUCH easier, but if they�re threaded fasteners, I�ll have to come up with a better failed fastener removal strategy than a punch and a BFH.)
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> Does anyone have hands on experience? (I�m going to be fixing this in a snowstorm. If I don�t have to pull the frozen carpet, that would be wonderful.)
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> Thanks in advance.
>
> Jim.
>