C.J.Hillman

Hey everyone,

Got a clicking clutch pedal on my Escort mk3 (1.1 1985) and its been this way for a bit now.

I was going to replace it with the same plastic part. is there a how to on this anywhere?
it looks tricky and i dont want to mess it up as its my main car. Looking at pictures i have no idea whats going to happen to the clutch cable when i take it off the quadrant? will it just stay there? or shoot off back into the fire wall? don't know if its under tension.

someone said its worth putting a mk6 pedal on and alloy quadrant. seems like over kill and expensive for a 1.1 though?

Also can you trust the colour coding of the plastic products? i've seen white and black ones on Ebay for the same car and it looks like they could be different sizes... maybe this varies on manufacture though?

Cheers
Chris

haz87

Mk6 pedal conversion is complete overkill.

The cable isnt under tension once off the quadrant so it will just sit there. I always disconnect from the gbox end anyway as this mean you have more cable to play with when it comes to unhooking and rehooking the cable back in.

If you stick your head under the dash its all fairly common sense. The hardest part is getting comfortable.
Ive done these enough times to now be able to do it in just sliding in from the side, but the first time i did it, i removed the drivers seat so i could lie flat(ish - as the seat mounting in the floorpan sticks up...) and spend some proper time understanding it all etc etc