The infamous clamshell gas pedal failure

[mike mcclurg]

As I recall, I just drilled two small holes at the
pivot point and installed two small sheet metal screws
when mine came apart. 
Haven't had any trouble since.
Mike
'89 100q
--- Andrew Duane USG <duane at hunch.zk3.dec.com> wrote:
> Hairy green toads from Mars made Sean Ford say:
> 
> > Before I go and purchase a new clamshell pedal,
> with it's inherent
> > design flaws, I was wondering if there was any
> reason why I couldn't
> > simply purchase an aftermarket pedal? Surely,
> there has to be a lister
> > who has thrown their pedal cover away and refit
> some lovely drilled
> > aluminum number in it's place. Opinions?
> 
> Why even bother?
> 
> When mine fell off, I just left it that way. By the
> second
> day I couldn't even tell the difference. The car has
> had 175K
> miles put on it since then.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7)			duane at zk3.dec.com
> Compaq Computer Corporation		(603)-884-1294
> 110 Spit Brook Road
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> 


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