Re: [MBZ] An automotive first (for me)

2005-12-26 Thread David Brodbeck
Jim Cathey wrote: > I had the hinge pin in my Falcon's pedal rust up, then the pedal > broke off the floor. (More rust.) It's still riding around in > the trunk, we just step on the rod. Have for years, not that > the car gets driven much. Put a little roller on the end of the rod, like the ear

Re: [MBZ] An automotive first (for me)

2005-12-24 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
They are different. I should have a pedal, will have to check monday. Kaleb OK Don wrote: The part number for the SDL starts with 126, and the one for the SL starts with 123. From the EPC, it looks like the SDL pedal is one peice, and the SL pedal is in two pieces - the part that broke off

Re: [MBZ] An automotive first (for me)

2005-12-24 Thread Bob DuPuy
Hey I'm as frugal as the next guy, but Rusty has new pedals for next to nothing. $11.00 or so if I recall correctly. Why chance it, get a new one... More Egg nog over here and double up on the brady please! Bob

Re: [MBZ] An automotive first (for me)

2005-12-24 Thread OK Don
The part number for the SDL starts with 126, and the one for the SL starts with 123. >From the EPC, it looks like the SDL pedal is one peice, and the SL pedal is in two pieces - the part that broke off on mine is called a "joint" in the SL parts list. Perhaps the older part will last longer? I'll p

Re: [MBZ] An automotive first (for me)

2005-12-24 Thread OK Don
Well, I must have been lucky then - my 1951 VW bug only broke the throttle cable. I did keep the pedal hinge oiled though - in case it helped me go faster :-). the 1200cc engine did more good than the oiled pedal though. On 12/23/05, Zeitgeist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You must've never owned a

Re: [MBZ] An automotive first (for me)

2005-12-24 Thread Hans Neureiter
has a kit for this, he makes like its a common thing but > I've never seen it before. > > -Curt > > Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:42:51 -0600 > From: OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [MBZ] An automotive first (for me) > To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [MBZ] An automotive first (for me)

2005-12-24 Thread Curt Raymond
Interesting, Mercedessource has a kit for this, he makes like its a common thing but I've never seen it before. -Curt Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:42:51 -0600 From: OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MBZ] An automotive first (for me) To: Mercedes mailing list <[E

Re: [MBZ] An automotive first (for me)

2005-12-24 Thread Jim Cathey
Bottom line is that the accelerator pedal itself had broken. It's a plastic part, is over 18 years old, and has been driven over 290,000 miles, but the pedal broke! Given that it _is_ plastic, and right out where you can even _step_ all over it, it's surprising that more of them don't break. I'd

Re: [MBZ] An automotive first (for me)

2005-12-24 Thread Mitch Haley
OK Don wrote: > I've never had an accelerator pedal break before! Too weird. Did you tell daughter that once the pedal is sitting flat on the floor, she can't make it go any faster by shoving it through the floor?

Re: [MBZ] An automotive first (for me)

2005-12-24 Thread Trampas
automotive first (for me) You must've never owned an aircooled VW--very common problem after a bout with rustworm infestation, especially the early Type IIs. On 12/23/05, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The accelerator pedal in the SDL suddenly became very hard to push > while a dau

Re: [MBZ] An automotive first (for me)

2005-12-24 Thread David Brodbeck
Zeitgeist wrote: You must've never owned an aircooled VW--very common problem after a bout with rustworm infestation, especially the early Type IIs. Yeah, the one on my Type II had broken loose at the hinge and been repaired, by a previous owner. I've also heard of the cable attachment po

Re: [MBZ] An automotive first (for me)

2005-12-24 Thread Zeitgeist
You must've never owned an aircooled VW--very common problem after a bout with rustworm infestation, especially the early Type IIs. On 12/23/05, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The accelerator pedal in the SDL suddenly became very hard to push > while a daughter was driving it. Afterhearing ab

[MBZ] An automotive first (for me)

2005-12-24 Thread OK Don
The accelerator pedal in the SDL suddenly became very hard to push while a daughter was driving it. Afterhearing about Regina's broken linkage, and Kaleb driving the car home at WOT, I thought it best to ground the car till I could figure out what was wrong. I got a chance to look at it this after