[Healeys] BN2 Accelerator Pedal

[Bob Spidell]

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