[DeTomaso] Gas Pedal Effort/Feel

[Mike Drew]

Jeff,

No, it doesn’t. The image shows the clutch and brake pedal springs. The gas pedal is completely different and doesn’t have one. 

As an aside, the vast majority of cars have broken gas and clutch pedal springs. They are wholly unnecessary and their loss goes unnoticed. 

Mike

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> On Oct 19, 2022, at 18:07, Jeff Udelson <jefude at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mike,
> And thank you for the reply. I will take some pics as you requested. I just looked at Wilkinson’s  parts catalog and it does show a spring attached at the pedal. Looks the same as what is currently on the  my car.  
> Maybe just the earlier cars as my Jan 72 production car has a lot of the 71 features?
> 
>> On Oct 19, 2022, at 8:55 PM, Mike Drew <mikeldrew at aol.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Jeff,
>> 
>> There never was a spring at the pedal. The spring was at the carb only. 
>> 
>> Aftermarket throttle cables have a built-in spring at the carb end. If you were really serious about wanting extreme pedal effort you could fit a new cable. That plus the dual springs would be way excessive so you would probably remove one of them. 
>> 
>> How tight are your existing springs at idle? Where are they attached? It’s possible you have them attached incorrectly at one end or the other so that they are not doing their job properly?
>> 
>> Send pics….
>> 
>> Mike 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>>> On Oct 19, 2022, at 17:37, Jeff Udelson via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> The gas pedal effort on my car is extremely light. When I acquired it there was actually a small dead spot before the cable actuated the carb. I fixed it by adjusting the pedal stop but the feel is still light. The cable appears to be original and I replaced the single spring at the carb with a dual spring. This did not change the pedal feel but did help in having an improved and more consistent idle speed. I am now wondering if replacing what appears to be the original spring at the pedal would give me a firmer/stronger effort pedal ?  If so where can these springs be sourced ?
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