Author Topic: Acellerator Pedal Exterder?  (Read 2177 times)

Pamelas230

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Acellerator Pedal Exterder?
« on: August 31, 2023, 14:13:04 »
My '65 230SL arrived in May all the way from WA to ME. My husband has no trouble driving, but I'm shorter and depressing the pedal for any length of time is a strain. Has anyone heard of a Pedal Extender? It was mentioned on the M-B website (with photo), but no other information. Looking for advice, so I can get my turn driving!

Also, here’s the link & photo (scroll down to view extender) from the Mercedes-Benz site, but I cannot find any more about it.

https://www.mercedes-benz.com/en/sustainability/responsibility/driving-aids/pedal-adaptations/

To those who kindly replied earlier, the seat is fully forward - thanks for your thoughts.

« Last Edit: August 31, 2023, 19:08:02 by Pamelas230 »

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Re: Acellerator Pedal Exterder?
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2023, 14:59:56 »
Welcome Pamela (I assume!).
I have not heard of a pedal extender before. Is it possible that the seat track is somehow obstructed, and is not allowing the seat to slide all the way forward?
I suppose it would not be all that difficult to have someone fabricate an extender of some sort. They may even be available as a 'generic' item on-line, not sure.
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Re: Acellerator Pedal Exterder?
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2023, 15:50:41 »
If the bolts holding the tracks of the seats to the frame are not completely screwed down, they can interfere with the seat moving fore/aft.  When working correctly, the seat moves extremely close to all the pedals.
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Re: Acellerator Pedal Exterder?
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2023, 15:30:54 »
Yes Len is correct. Bolts could be sitting up. Have someone, who is thin, with a 10 mm Gearwench take a look under you driver seat to see if bolts are fully down.
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Re: Acellerator Pedal Exterder?
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2023, 20:03:24 »
Depending on the distance involved and results of safety testing it occurs to me that designing and making a gizmo which might clip onto the standard pedal would be a nice little project. And in the same way that your husband puts down the toilet seat after use he would also replace the extender after each drive.
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