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18 Dec 2016 16:48 #175775 by AFCBTezza
Hi All...

Strange question, and I think I know the answer!

I have a right foot injury, driving an '03 Jimny Auto.

Does anyone have any idea whether it is possible to make the accelerator / brake pedal easier to press down to use?

...Thus relieving my poor foot?

Am not a mechanic but would pay someone for the job.

Thanks in advance for any reply.

:-) :-) :-)

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18 Dec 2016 18:45 #175779 by Keithy
Replied by Keithy on topic Jimny Auto pedal pressure
You could lengthen the pedal...or fit a larger vac assy...extending the pedal would be easiest/cheapest.
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18 Dec 2016 22:51 #175786 by JimnyManREME
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Have you considered converting to using left footed controls such as these?
www.svoptions.co.uk/pedal-adaptations/

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19 Dec 2016 05:28 #175794 by facade
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Just use your left foot for the brake, (I've left foot braked autos for over 30 years, it doesn't take long to learn, and I can still right foot brake and left foot clutch a manual), then either get the accelerator pedal arm lengthened as above, or fit a hand throttle.

You might find that the not having to move your right foot from pedal to pedal is enough.

If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there :)
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19 Dec 2016 08:31 #175797 by johna
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Put a cruse control unit in, it saves the foot a lot of work.They are easy to install.
John

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22 Dec 2016 22:30 #175876 by helijohn
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facade wrote: Just use your left foot for the brake

I tried and tried with this but I guess driving a manual for N years made it tough to switch.

Do it right - use Hammerite
When the blue light is flashing I am kidding.

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30 Dec 2016 09:53 #176093 by AFCBTezza
Replied by AFCBTezza on topic Jimny Auto pedal pressure
Many thanks so far for everyone's suggestions. B)

Considering putting in Waeco MS-50 cruise control kit.

Don't know how to go about installing larger vac assembly... how/what to buy?

Have been left-foot braking and it has helped - it's a bit scary to start with but I think I have got the hang of it!

:-) :-) :-)

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31 Dec 2016 09:22 #176119 by johna
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I used the vac system for the 4wd, plenty of vac for the cruse control, it is only used when its going in and out of 4wd, then you wont be using the cruse control any way.Just put a tee off to feed the cruse control.easy done.
john

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31 Dec 2016 10:41 #176123 by facade
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helijohn wrote:

facade wrote: Just use your left foot for the brake

I tried and tried with this but I guess driving a manual for N years made it tough to switch.

AFCBTezza wrote: Have been left-foot braking and it has helped - it's a bit scary to start with but I think I have got the hang of it!


The main thing to watch is forgetting it is an auto and using the brake like a clutch. However, you only do it once :laugh:

I've ridden motorbikes for years, you use your left foot to brake and left hand to clutch, pushbikes you use your left hand to brake the back (apparently in Far Far Away Lands, Foreigners have the back brake on the right :ohmy: )

After a while you can learn to do pretty much anything to a reasonable degree, it is just establishing muscle memory.

There is a possibility that in an emergency you will brake with both feet, but the ABS will sort that out, and if you don't have ABS and can't figure out how to get back in control, likely you'd have kept them locked with one foot anyway.

If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there :)
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