Re: [T3] For want of a stop plate...

["openwhel" <openwhel@bellsouth.net>]

Sorry, answered wrong to address.

Howard
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shad Laws" <shad@lnengineering.com>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] For want of a stop plate...


> 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
> >
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