Dear Netters,
On Mon, 8 Sep 1997 Michael.Lytton@sierra.com wrote:
=%O Last night I removed the "pedal box" from my 1970 MGB - that's what I
=%O think* the name is for the black metal cover that goes over the master
=%O cylinders, right where the pedals hook to the cylinder plungers.
Did the same 2 months ago to replace my decrepit M.C. with a rebuilt.
=%O Anyway, on my car the box was held on by three or four screws that
=%O were slot head, and had very bad thread damage.
DanG! Mine were just hopelessly rusted and frozen in. Broke two Eze outs,
and a left handed thread drill to get the damn things out.
It appears the PO or
=%O perhaps a mechanic used the wrong size screws and just forced them in.
=%O
I have a bin of various size stainless steel fasteners- SAE fine thread
(compatible AFAIK with British standard Fine) that I visit when I need to
replace non torqued bolts on my MG. I think I used size 8 IIRC on the
pedal box. I also invested in Posidrive screw driver bits!
=%O Anyone know what the correct screw size is to hold the pedal box in?
=%O It appears the threads in the body of the car are still in decent
=%O shape.
=%O
=%O I'm a digest lurker, so I'd appreciate any responses to be sent to my
=%O email address as well as the list.
=%O
=%O Thanks!
=%O
=%O Michael Lytton
=%O 1970 MGB
=%O michael.lytton@sierra.com
=%O
"Never ascribe to Malice that which can be explained by Ignorance"
John J. Peloquin
Molecular Biology &
Biochemistry
3205 BioSciences II
UC IRVINE
Irvine, CA 92697-3900
jpeloqui@uci.edu
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