gas pedal question

[Pack Rat]

Hey guys new here. Ford guy forever. Helping a friend out with a 60 bird. Car has been sitting 40 years with no engine. He installed engine and transmission 390 C6 and I am trying to get it running. I got the cooler lines made and alternator wired to the regulator. Today I went to hook up the gas pedal and and at a loss. I see no hole in the fire wall to make it work. Pedal itself is laying in he floor but nothing goes to it. Any one have a picture of what it is supposed to look like? Friend is a pinstriper. Little crazy but none the less a cool job.

[jopizz]

There's a round hole about the size of a quarter where the pedal linkage goes through. It looks like the Eastwood insulation is covering it up.

John

[YellowRose]

gas pedal question

Gary, you need to fix your pictures. They are way to wide for this Forum. Each picture should be no more than 800x600 pixels and not side by side like you have some of them. Failure to fix that problem may cause the webmaster to have to delete them.... So please fix that problem, and if you need help, just ask..

[Pack Rat]

I guess I dont have a pedal assembly. How about a picture of what it looks like?

[jopizz]

Here's the parts diagram. It looks like you have all the linkage on the engine side. The pedal bolts to the floor and there's a small rod (9727) that goes through the firewall and connects to the carburetor linkage.

John

[Pack Rat]

that is what i needed. That is an odd setup.Are those parts available? I think I need the part that goes through the firewall. and the part that hooks to the linkage.

[jopizz]

All the parts are available. Here's the rod that goes through the firewall. You can get the clip from Mac's also but your local auto store also carries them. They usually come in a package of five or six different sizes.

http://www.macsautoparts.com/ford_thunderbird/ford-thunderbird-accelerator-pedal-to-linkage-rod-1958-60.html

John

[simplyconnected]

Gary, I did straighten out the code (and pictures) in your post.

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[tbird430]

Good luck with the seal. There is is no 1958-60 firewall seal reproduced...



-Jon in TX.

[Pack Rat]

Good luck with the seal. There is is no 1958-60 firewall seal reproduced...



-Jon in TX.

I assume you mean where rod go through the firewall? Guess I will try generic one. Weird setup. I have 62 Falcon 64 Galaxie 66 Mustang 67 Cougar 66 f100 68 f250
and nothing is like this. A friend had a 60 mark and was similar?

Hey guys thanks for the fast help. Not used to this fast service. I tried to help a guy on a Galaxie site and he called me a name?

[jopizz]

Hey guys thanks for the fast help. Not used to this fast service. I tried to help a guy on a Galaxie site and he called me a name?

We don't tolerate any name calling or disrespectful behavior on this site. We're all here to help each other.

John