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11-22-2008, 09:31 AM
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Gas pedal
So I decided to improve the driveability of my truck (my wife being the main encourager) by adding the gas pedal. I ordered the studs and pedal from LMC, got the studs installed and then realized they didn't match the placement of the holes on the pedal. So...did the PO screw me or is there another gas pedal I don't know about (LMC didn't offer much help).
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11-22-2008, 10:06 AM
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Re: Gas pedal
those studs look pretty narrow, can you see the holes on the bottom of the cab? I just measured my new floor and it's 2 3/8" center to center... There should be a raised portion of the floor for them.
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11-22-2008, 10:08 AM
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Re: Gas pedal
It may be the pedal itself. I have received parts in the past from LMC and they HAVE NOT fit properly. I no longer buy from LMC, I deal only with our vendors. See the link in my sig area for our site vendors.
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11-22-2008, 11:06 AM
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Re: Gas pedal
I never buy from LMC anymore. I have had lots of issues with their parts. I would try buying from one of the site vendors.
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11-22-2008, 12:53 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: Gas pedal
My opinion on LMC has been well documented on here... but those studs DO look too close to each other.
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11-22-2008, 07:08 PM
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Re: Gas pedal
Seems the aftermarket pedals are junk, I bought one and it never did fit right. Just find an Original or swap to the newer style Gas Pedal.
Ron
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11-22-2008, 09:25 PM
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Out of the carpool lane.
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Re: Gas pedal
Hey, I've got one for FREEEEEEEEE over on the For Sale section. However, it won't fit on those narrow stud holes. Yours are too close together but shouldn't be hard to fix. Let me know if you want the pedal.
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11-23-2008, 05:49 AM
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Re: Gas pedal
Popping-out stock studs were the main reason I switched my '68 over to a '72 type GM/Lokar throttle hybrid. Just when you start to pump down on the gas pedal-- One stud pops out, and the gas pedal falls off
to one side, or gets under the bail of the linkagage assembly -- and you're stuck going slow on the freeway.
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12-18-2008, 01:26 PM
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Re: Gas pedal
Thanks for the advice guys, I just found out I"ll be moving to Germany with the Army in April. The truck will be going into storage so I'll have to live on just ideas and plans for a few years.
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12-18-2008, 02:10 PM
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Re: Gas pedal
take your truck with you!
do you know where you are going yet? I loved Germany... make sure you travel every weekend...
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12-18-2008, 02:53 PM
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Re: Gas pedal
Take Brads pedal before I do!
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12-18-2008, 03:07 PM
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Re: Gas pedal
I have the same problem. How hard is it to swap to a newer style?
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12-18-2008, 06:36 PM
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Re: Gas pedal
Newer style swings from the firewall, while the older ones mount to the floor.
I have a Lokar Eliminator that is going into my truck.
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09-17-2014, 07:02 PM
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Re: Gas pedal
Anyone know the part number or where I can get the support bracket piece that these studs screw into under the floor?
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09-17-2014, 08:38 PM
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Re: Gas pedal
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If yours is missing, you could (A) cut one out of a junkyard truck or (B) reverse engineer and fabricate a support bracket from some ~4'' of steel extrusion and tack weld the right nuts, sized off the gas pedal studs. [1/4'' -20 maybe]. You might look into the LFD conversion package. He's a board supporter, and this package is a whole lot neater than the PIA conversion I had to do 14 years ago with a '72 GM truck cable and an aftermarket throttle cable.
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09-17-2014, 08:49 PM
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Re: Gas pedal
That sucks. My floor is rotted there and am going to patch that area. I guess I can fabricate something then.
I don't want to do the LFD conversion because the truck already had a brand new carpet in it and the holes were already cut for the studs. So it would look like crap. |
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09-17-2014, 09:40 PM
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Re: Gas pedal
Never heard anything bad about a PCS to Germany. Enjoy!
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09-18-2014, 01:05 AM
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Re: Gas pedal
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09-20-2014, 05:48 PM
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Re: Gas pedal
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09-20-2014, 07:44 PM
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Re: Gas pedal
Sounds like good duty anyway. I was in Sorrento in 12/03 as a tourist, when I ran into an Americano in his '72 Chevy Cheyenne longbed fleetside, yellow and white. He was trying to taxi thru a crowd of excited locals -- fascinated by the biggest truck they'd ever seen, no doubt -- slowly picking his way thru the narrow cobblestone alleys that Leonardo DaVinci once p!ssed in... He was surprised when I said: "Hey Man. nice truck!" "You American?" "Well, yeah. I've got a '68 C/10 Stepside." "Over here?" "Naw back in Tucson." "Hey, I gotta go. We should talk later." Never saw him again.
Either he was Air Force or a vacuum cleaner salesman out of Langley, VA.
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09-20-2014, 10:38 PM
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Re: Gas pedal
Maybe it is or isn't a good solution, but no doubt guys like teeitup or other parters will have piles of cable pedal assemblies where the pedal never touches the floor til you punch it...
 Or, maybe the early actuator can be removed and the hole drilled to mount the later pedal. Or just move the ball studs in the floor  While LMC is unpopular (I don't buy from them either) they sell the same parts as anyone else. Sort of like 2 guys in 2 boats fishing in the same pond. How different are the fish? |
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09-20-2014, 11:04 PM
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Re: Gas pedal
I wouldn't put all the blame on LMC. I bought one of those black rubber Gas Pedals [with steel wire inside] from the Chevy dealer back in the late '70s, early '80s. It was different from the OEM, which was made out of a vinyl/plastic and US made. The replacement was from Japan. I couldn't use it -- it just popped off all the time. I used the bare steel bail for years. On long trips I had to wear heavy stiff-soled hiking boots. On very long trips I got charlie horse cramps in my ankle and calf.
Haven't seen the black rubber Japanese gas pedal for a long time. I guess I lost it.
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