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Re: [Healeys] BN2 Accelerator Pedal

To: Donald Tate <bn2cars@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] BN2 Accelerator Pedal
From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 01:38:49 +0000 (UTC)
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 

-------------------------------- 
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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