RHD Pedal Cluster Rebuild

[Adrock]

My car was converted by the previous owner to RHD. He did a hack job at best. I decided to tear up the rubbish homemade carpet he installed and see what was underneath. Glad I did, because this horrible mess needs some attention! Sadly all the work he did on this car was to a similar standard. So, I've spent the last 2 years fixing it all like the wiring harness. Ugh.

So, here is what I'm working with... firstly the hacked tunnel:


Obviously he just got the angle grinder out and hacked away. I'd like to neaten this up - at the very least, weld up the daggy bits where we over cut. The section along the bottom of the tunnel isn't smooth either. It needs to be ground down for neatness.

Have a look at this one. It's a home made clutch return spring. Probably because an actual Porsche return spring for RHD works out to be about $100AUD by the time it's shipped, etc. I cut this one, so I'll be forking out for a correct one unfortunately.


I have the reciept for all the body panels he purchased from Porsche for the RHD conversion - I couldn't see the RHD footwell part on the list. So, I wonder what he did here. Maybe he got one from a wreckers... I doubt it. The pedal box was obviously sitting too low, so it was sitting on some flat bar steel. Not welded onto it or anything, just sitting on it. The cluster was bolted to the floor though. I'm thinking I'm going to wire wheel this whole section back to bare metal. See what he's done under there and then rust treat and POR15. Underneath looks similar to this mess.


Is there any factory information that I can refer to to determine where the pedals need to actually sit? Any measurements? Does it even matter that much, as long as everything works correctly?

How many fibre washers do you think you need? Apparently this many..... I'm not sure what's supposed to go here, maybe a spacer... I'll have to wait and see and compare to the PET - if I can find a RHD PET.


He must have run out of fibre washers, because here we have steel washers as spacers:


What do you do if something doesn't fit properly? Drill more holes and cut some bits off, of course!!


I'm thinking I need to strip the whole thing... I dont have a sandblaster, but might be a good time to buy one. Then give it all a new coat of paint too.

Stay tuned for more hackyness.

[Ian Comerford]

Oh dear, that is truly horrible

[coomo]

Hey.I have a RHD Shell totally stripped.If you need any measurements,Im happy to help

[Ian Comerford]

Here’s one of the RHD PET pages you need. PM your email address and I will send the whole thing if you want

[Adrock]

Originally Posted by coomo

Hey.I have a RHD Shell totally stripped.If you need any measurements,Im happy to help

Thanks mate, that's very awesome of you! Will definitely keep that in mind! I don't even really know where to start at this point though.

I don't understand why he needed to cut the bracket which sits on the LH passenger side and drill an extra hole in the bracket. Surely this fits on the regular RHD cars. I'm not sure what caused him to have it aligned so that it required cutting. I'm guessing I'm going to need to weld up the holes he has drilled and realign it all.

If you get a sec, it would be awesome if you had any photos of your stripped back setup, it might be a good start for me to work out where to start.
Thanks again!

[Adrock]

Originally Posted by Ian Comerford

Here’s one of the RHD PET pages you need. PM your email address and I will send the whole thing if you want

Thanks Ian! That saves me hours of searching, thank you!
I'll DM you my email address if you have a sec to send it through. Cheers!

[Ian Comerford]

Yes of course, no problem

[81SC]

LHF footwell area on RHD car, before & after strip down.

[81SC]

RHF pedal area on RHD car, with pedals sitting in place & after clean up.

[Adrock]

Originally Posted by 81SC

RHF pedal area on RHD car, with pedals sitting in place & after clean up.

Wow, you are a scholar and a gentleman! Thank you for those photos! They are going to be invaluable for getting my pedals sorted! That along with the PET that Ian sent me gives me almost everything i need to be able to get the job done. Funnily enough the PET is missing the 37 fibre washers that my previous owner has used!

[coomo]

Originally Posted by Adrock

Thanks mate, that's very awesome of you! Will definitely keep that in mind! I don't even really know where to start at this point though.

I don't understand why he needed to cut the bracket which sits on the LH passenger side and drill an extra hole in the bracket. Surely this fits on the regular RHD cars. I'm not sure what caused him to have it aligned so that it required cutting. I'm guessing I'm going to need to weld up the holes he has drilled and realign it all.

If you get a sec, it would be awesome if you had any photos of your stripped back setup, it might be a good start for me to work out where to start.
Thanks again!

sorry didnt get notification! Ill sort tommorow

[Adrock]

Originally Posted by coomo

sorry didnt get notification! Ill sort tommorow

Oh. I didn't check to see who posted the photos. Whoops I didn't realise it was 81SC and not you. Haha all good!

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[coomo]

Originally Posted by Adrock

Oh. I didn't check to see who posted the photos. Whoops I didn't realise it was 81SC and not you. Haha all good!

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Here ya go.1978 RHD If you need measurements let me know