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12-11-18, 11:23
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Good day,
After work, I cut the accelerator modification plate off the pedal, the 1/4" plate had been welded to the little pivot point ears at the bottom of the pedal and about half way along the pedal, I have no idea how the fellow welded the plate to the ears without destroying them, but he should get a medal. I cleaned the remains of the weld off and then bead blasted the bottom of the pedal, I also gave the hard rubber a very light touch and it came up very nice. I made a pivot pin out of a 5/16" bolt that I had brought from home. It is interesting how GMC solved the problem of making the pivot pin a fixture in the pedal, and pivoting in the bush located on the floor. They simply ground off the sides of the pin at one end, and it fits into a hole with 2 flat sides so that it pivots with the pedal movement. I gave the dipstick tube a very light blast, and a then a blow off with a lot of air. I have pushed a piece of rag through the tube a lot of times, I freed up the nut at the bottom so that I could put the tube back in the engine without having to turn the whole tube.The pedal and the dipstick then got a coat of red oxide. When I got home I gave the 2 pieces a covering of olive drab. This was very rough as I have had the spray cans for a fair while and they block the little directional fan nozzle very easily. Because I don't like wasting money I pulled the little fan nozzle out and just used the main bigger nozzle which then dribbles a little bit, I didn't mind a lot of paint under the pedal. The dipstick tube faired a little better as the drips fell on the gravel. Next was getting the remaining 4 seat mounting bolts out which took a little bit longer than planned, it was a nice surprise to find that when the drivers seat was shifted from left to right they had managed to use one of the floor plate captured nuts, so it undid nicely, the other bolt got the 4" cutting disc. A photo of the rough underside pedal paint job, and the dipstick tube. M216 Cdn Accelerator pedal with pivot pin.JPG M216 Cdn dipstick cleaned & painted.JPG
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