<VV> LM Accelerator linkage (reapeat)

[George Jones]

Happened with my 68 Monza Convertible as well. In my situation, I was able
to find a large enough fender washer to span the rusted area and was able to
tack weld it in place. Appearance isn't critical, unless you're shooting for
a Senior Division show car, so even if you can't find a fender washer large
enough, fashion a new small panel from some old sheet metal and then back it
up with the fender washer.

Good Luck,

On 10/25/07, cfm <cfmann at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> OK guys, I received my parts from Clark's for rebuilding the accelerator
> pedal linkage on my 69 Monza 140/4spd. It was an fun, took me a couple of
> nights but I got it. One problem though. There is a pivot arm and point that
> is mounted through the floor plan under the rear seat. I could not tell from
> the rust if the nut was welded to the pan or not. I think it was. I thought
> I could work around this by getting a 5/16" x 1 1/4" fender washer and
> tightening it down but to no avail. My revised assmembly still slops around
> the circular concave area that is stamped into the pan  Can any of you shoot
> out some pointers or alternate ideas as to another work around or am I
> virtually stuck with a welding option only? I hate to think I'd have to
> replace the pan for this only reason, I don't recall seeing a patch panel in
> any catalogs for this little area either. I had thought that maybe the
> fender washer could be tacked into the good metal around the whole. Its such
> a little bit that
> is gone and the remainder is still in good shape, so good in fact that I
> am confident that none of the pans need replacement. I was fortunate to get
> a solid car.
>



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George Jones
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