[Tigers] Clutch Pedal Removal

[Jay Laifman]

I'd certainly listen if anyone said otherwise.  But that is exactly my
recollection when I took it out of my Alpine.

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Terry Packer via Tigers <
tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Hello All
> I want to remove the clutch pedal from the car, which seems to require
> removing the pedal's mounting bracket and pedal as an assembly. It appears
> the bracket is secured to the rear of the firewall by a plate with two
> bolts. The lower bolt is actually the upper through-bolt which also secures
> the clutch master cylinder. It appears the upper mounting bolt is inserted
> from the front as the head of a bolt is visible in the engine bay a few
> inches directly above the clutch master. So one would guess that the
> clamping plate which holds the pedal bracket to the firewall has an
> unthreaded lower hole for the master cylinder through-bolt and a threaded
> upper hole to engage the upper mounting bolt inserted from the engine bay.
>
> My question is - is it really that simple, or are there complications that
> I'm not appreciating, tricks to help with re-assembly, etc. Thought I'd ask
> before disassembling things in the dark upper reaches of the under-dash.
> All suggestions appreciated.
> BTW, if the upper mount bolts for the clutch and brake pedal assemblies
> are inserted from the engine bay, what finish should the exposed bolt heads
> be, or are they painted?
>
> Thanks
> Terry Packer9470018
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