55.2-59 Gas pedal assembly

[dsraven]

it seems like the rod needs to make a sweeping arc to allow the rod to pass through the floor hole without binding, the needs to make a bend to connect to the belcrank.it would be interesting to see if the pedal connection point is more or less inline with the floor hole at the idle position and then how much that varies at full throttle position. is the rod inserted through the hole as per the pics in the manual, so the arc is in the floor hole through it's entire sweep or does the arc not fit the floor hole correctly? correct height/lenght of pedal to match the floor hole?

[popeyestruck]

The rod is about twice as thick inside the cab then a quick taper . It was catching on the taper so I had to extend it further into the engine bay To get passed the taper . When I did that it pushed the bell rank connection past the bell crank so I had to thread about 4 inches on the bell crank end . Since I had to get that 90 degree bend out tapping was really slow getting past the deformed metal. I'm real close to fitting it now . I think I'll get it today. All the parts were wrong . The rod from the carb to the bellcrank was so short it would only hook up at the 9 0 clock position that was the reason for the 90 degree bend. I got a longer rod off an automatic trans which was too long and had to thread that to make it fit. It was hooked up this way when I tore it down but I cant figure out how it worked other than it was an accident waiting to happen. I know why they did it because its impossible to find the correct rods for a 59 6cylinder with and auto choke. Every step you change one thing and it throws the geometry off and you have to fix something else but think I finally will get it today. I'll keep you posted