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On 6 Sep , 2016, at 2:41 PM, Jim Felder wrote:

> This needed doing. Thanks.
> 
> Jim
> 
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 3:28 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
>> I don't know about the rest of you, but for all the time I've  owned a
>> vanagon the gas pedal has bugged me. It just never felt wide enough. The
>> left side of my foot would be hangin off the side of the pedal. No room to
>> shift foot over to the right. And for the last few months I've noticed that
>> my pedal felt loose and wobbly underfoot.
>> 
>> Well it turned out the plastic hinge was tearing. I have a spare pedal in
>> good shape but I thought I'd try making a better one .
>> 
>> Made a couple of prototypes, tried one, modified it, and it I think it
>> really does feel better. More of my foot supported, no interference of foot
>> and brake pedal ( haven't tried rolling foot type of heel and toe but it
>> looks like it will be possible).
>> 
>> Anyway, for a rough try the pedal works well.
>> 
>> Pics and text here
>> 
>> 
>> https://shufti.wordpress.com/2016/09/05/vanagon-fooling-around-with-gas-pedals/
>> 
>> Alistair
>> 
>> PS I installed the pedal with threaded inserts into the floor instead of
>> pop rivets. Didn't take much to open the existing holes enough to install
>> 10-24 inserts.