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Old 08-13-2019, 10:52 AM   #29
Jrgunn5150
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Location: Ionia Michigan
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Re: My other truck, Daryl. 1979 C10 Stepside.

Finished up my Avalanche seat install, not really worth it, but whatever. It's in and it doesn't smell like cat pee.

In the seat photo you can see how high my gas pedal sits. I used an Animal Speed shop bracket. My thought process was, if I use a bracket, I can then use any one of five million junkyard pedals in the future if I need one with no mods.

I could have modified a stock DBW pedal, or used a OBS diesel pedal, I'm aware of both options, but I chose this, which was a mistake.

As you can see, it set's the pedal up higher than the brake pedal, so you have to hold your whole foot up off the floor to use the pedal. Super uncomfortable.

I contacted them, via several methods, heard back on Facebook, they requested pics. It only builds one way, I wasted about an hour making sure of that. I sent the pics, never heard from them again, that was 4 days ago. This is after a 2 week delay in shipping it to me to begin with.

The only conclusion I can come to is either they sent me the wrong part, or they never installed their bracket in a square before marketing it.

I wound up cutting the pedal portion off, and splicing a 4" section of plate steel into it to push the pedal back somewhat. It's better, but it still sucks. Highly don't recommend.

I was able to do a bit of a drive, but only a few miles, holding my foot up like that cramped the hell out of my leg.

I have no lockup on my 4L80E to figure out as well, but there's always bugs, I'll get there.
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Link to Daryl's build, http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...10#post8443010

Link to my Youtube channel with build info, https://www.youtube.com/thedrivewayengineer
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