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Changing the quadrant
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Posted by: Tang

Any of you that has done it, did you have to totally dismantle the under side of the dash ? Pedal mounts and all ?

Me being the skinny guy I am, I almost had the factory one out by just taking the lower cover panels off. I got the quadrant off no problem, but the paw is ALMOST coming off the rod but it hits a metal plate to the right of it just before it drops off. Would it have killed Ford to mounted that plate 1" further to the passenger side :mad:

So if any of you have any tips on how to do it without taking all that stuff out, let me know. If not, I guess it is a big job after all.

Posted by: VETTKLR

Mine came off with a little bit of wrestling. Just yank that bitch off with some channel locks!

Posted by: Tang

now we're talking !

So my aluminum one will slide back on without so much trouble ?

Posted by: Grape Ape

I removed the dash for mine. Oh wait, nope... I removed the dash to install the entire assembly. For the quadrant, just fight it till you win. I think you'll have to twist it around till it seems about upside down...

By then, of course, you'll also feel like you're permenantly contorted to that position...

Posted by: Tang

Oh yea, I didn't buy a name brand. I decided to give some little guys a chance. Bought mine from a small company on Ebay. Billet qudrant and adjustable cable, $52.95 shipped.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...ADME:B:EOT:MT:3

I'll let ya know if its any good or not.

Posted by: Tang

Thanks for the advice fellas. After calming down for awhile, I went back out there, pushed the pedal to the floor, turn the paw upside down and the lil sum bitch fell out ! After all that prying, and cussing.

Cant for my other one to get here now.

Posted by: VETTKLR

I'm sure that quadrant/cable are high quality. Just make sure you route the cable correctly or it feels like the clutch is super-tight!

Ahh yes, the joys of sitting on your head in a claustrophobic floorboard.

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