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Hello- Going by memory here... it looks like a piece of ~14ga. steel sheet metal bent into an "L" shape. The longer part of the L is probably ~1.25" long and the shorter part is probably ~0.50" long. The "thickness" of the L is probably ~1.50" or so. On the long part of the "L," in the middle, there is a slotted hole that runs from nearly the intersection of the long&short parts to the tip of the long part. The width of the slot is about 11/32" (big enough to fit an 8mm stud nicely). Add to this an M8x1.25 nut and "wide base" washer and you're good to go! Install with the long part of the "L" on the floor, with the short part sticking upwards and facing to the rear of the car. The short part is the stop itself; the long part is the mount. Adjust the position in the slotted hole to your needs. IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT NOTE: After you adjust the stop, you MUST also check/adjust the brake pedal pushrod position. Make sure that you still have some freeplay before the pushrod engages the master cylinder, or else you will wind up in big trouble. There is a factory spec for this freeplay, but I don't remember it offhand, and honestly it really isn't that important... common sense will work just fine here. I set mine fairly tight, at probably ~1/16-1/8" of freeplay at the pedal, but I'm also a darksider :-). DARKSIDER NOTE: If you want your pedals to sit lower, and make heel-toeing slightly easier, then you may find it prudent to adjust the stop as low (i.e. "more stopped") as possible whiile still giving enough throw left to make clutch and brakes work well. Of course, this will require quite a bit of readjustment on the brake pushrod. Take care, Shad Laws LN Engineering - Aircooled Precision Performance http://www.lnengineering.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "D. & L. Walters" <waltee@prodigy.net> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 6:00 PM Subject: [T3] For want of a stop plate... > So there I was, got the engine in, hooked up the electrical, all the hoses, cables, etc. > I filled the engine with oil, went to adjust the clutch. Hmmm, that's odd...the more I > tighten the wingnut-the closer the clutch pedal gets to the floor! OMG, it's parallel to > the floorboard after the last adjustment! Did I forget to tighten the pedal assembly? No, > both bolts are there, what else? Oh no! When the shop that did the resto put the new > floors in, goodbye to the stop plate that bolts in front of the pedal assembly and keeps > the pedals in a nice upright position. That explains why the brake rides so durn high, > nuts! I know there should be a bracket there, it bolts through the floorboard and is > adjustable, BUT... it doesn't exactly show in my manual (Haynes) *and* ifin I did know > what it looks like, where does it bolt through? So, I ask of you all, the most > knowledgable Type 3 people I can think of, just what does this dang thing look like and > just where is it located in relation to the firewall and tunnel? If I had this info, I > could fab one and install it and adjust my brake and clutch pedal and put some gas in her > and fire her up and drive her around and wave to people and be happy. Without > it..nothing. So, anyone? Puh-leeze help me...(crying noises in background) > David Walters > '73 1600 L Notchback > S. Fl, USA > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > > >