A few
weeks ago I was able to pick up the first batch of parts from the coaters. And
as I had a few unexpected idle hours today I decided to start with reassembling
some of these parts. I choose the easiest part to work on, and the most
important one on any car; the throttle pedal. As it looked over two years ago
when I started selecting the various parts.
For those
not familiar with TR7's throttle pedals; the one for this car is on the left in
the picture above. As can be seen it is slightly angled inward. This angle was
deleted on later cars together with a redesign of the bulkhead around the
throttle pedals mounting point. Will see how it operates ones the cars back on
the road!
After cleaning
out the threads on the mounting bracket together with the holes for the pivot
pin, reassembling everything, including an alloy extension was very
straightforward. But the only thing that could go "wrong" did! I
managed to fit the small spring washer on the wrong side. But that didn't take
more than a few minutes to rectify.
And
fitting it to car was even more straightforward. But there was a slight moment,
as compared to my other two TR7's the throttle pedal sits much closer to the
transmission tunnel. And it looked very much like the alloy extension would
touch the tunnel when depressed. But I needn't have worried. Due to the fact
that the bulkhead area where the pedal is mounted is angled, it moves away from
the transmission tunnel. Well designed!
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