re: " Does the rod attached to the accelerator pedal simply go thru a hole
in the side of the footbox?"
Yes. The bottom edge of the bracket for the the accelerator pedal on our BN2's
original footbox is located 1&5/8" up from the bend where the floor pan meets
the front of the footwell box. The right side of the bracket is approx. 1/4" in
from the transmission-side wall of the footwell box (left-hand drive car).
The bracket has three holes in a triangular pattern--two go on top and one on
the bottom (the bracket is more or less level with the floor pan). The three
screws are #10-32 oval head--half-inch or so--and simply go through the footbox
and are secured with nuts and lockwashers on the engine side of the footbox.
The cutout on the side of the footwell box is U-shaped, approximately the same
profile as the 'hump' on the accelerator bracket. The pedal shaft is clamped to
a lever that is connected to the rest of Rube Goldberg's throttle linkage
design.
The heat shields that were previously available were not near
correct--supposedly, Moss Motors and a well-known Healey expert undertook a
project to produce exactly correct heat shields. I believe they come with
hardware. You might want to buy the heat shield set and note where the hole is
cut for the pedal shaft.
Cheers,
Bob
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Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA
Hello Listers
I'm restoring a BN2 and the footboxes were replaced buy a shop.
Unfortunatley, I don't have the old ones to reference so I need your
help. Does the rod attached to the accelerator pedal simply go thru a hole
in the side of the footbox? Seems a bit crude even by LBC standards. One
chance to get it right so thanks in advance for your input.
Don Tate
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