[Healeys] Fw: 100 front brakes

[Peter & Veronica]

G'day Bert

We had this issue with my friend's BN1. We planned to make a hardwood female 
mould to go inside the footwell, and a steel male die to go outside, drill a 
small hole in the footwell where the indentation was required and pull the 
two together with a screw. A bit more positive than bashing away with a 
hammer even if you have room to get a swing at it. In the end, he went back 
to the people who did the body work - I don't know how they did it.

Cheers

Peter

> I am missing this diamond shape indentation after rust repair to the 
> footbox.  As a result the brake pedal "lever" is touching the footbox.
> My plan is to make a negative mold in MDF or so, use the nearby screw 
> holes to locate it on the cockpit side and some long reach clamps to clamp 
> this in place through the brake pedal/clutch pedal holes and hammer or 
> press this shape in from the outside. Probably also keep this piece in 
> place with a 2x4".
>
> Anybody else had to do this or used a different method?  Is 5/16" or 8 mm 
> (5/16 * 2.54) deep enough?
>
> thanks,
>
> Bert