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The third pedal

From 1981 Ford LTD “TractionLTD”, documented by police351.

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1981 Ford LTD - On the left a stock Mustang GT pedal assembly. On the right a stock full size LTD/Crown Vic assembly. Notice that the lower row of bolts is… 1981 Ford LTD - The Mustang uses a different power booster mounting flange. But notice that the LTD flange is a big flat piece of steel. It's held on with… 1981 Ford LTD - Here I've already cut and welded a Crown Vic bolt pattern flange onto the Mustang pedal assembly. I had to heat and bend the Mustang flange… 1981 Ford LTD - Here you can see the piece of sheet metal I bent up to extend the bolt pattern 1 5/8" to match the Crown Vic pattern. I could have just mad… 1981 Ford LTD - It took awhile to get to this point but the pedals are bolted down and the right height and spaced out for my big feet. 1981 Ford LTD - The view the driver sees. The gas and brake are the same height now after I bent to brake pedal up three inches. The clutch is up about thr… 1981 Ford LTD - The Mustang and LTD pedals have the same stock curve but the Mustang brake rod lug is 1/2" higher. The right is the stock LTD and the left… 1981 Ford LTD - A better view of the bent pedal. This assembly is finished. Its been extended, reflanged, brake pedal bent, clutch pedal shortened and pain… 1981 Ford LTD - I whittled a new brake power booster spacer out of a chunk of 1/2" aluminum. The stock one was cheap plastic. 1981 Ford LTD - I roughed out the shape with saws, cut-off wheels, and drill bits. Then I trimmed it with a 1/4" carbide bit in a router. It worked for me… 1981 Ford LTD - If it's carved out of one piece of metal, it's billet. My car has custom billet parts. 1981 Ford LTD - Just another view, it took awhile to make so I took a lot of pictures. 1981 Ford LTD - Indexing the bellhousing. This is the second try; the first try with the stock dowels had it about 9 thousandths out of alignment. Tremec's… 1981 Ford LTD - Flywheel, pilot bearing, clutch disc, and pressure plate all installed. That's a Spec pressure plate and Centerforce Dual-Friction disc. I… 1981 Ford LTD - Tremec TKO II, used but fresh of a rebuild from Liberty Gear. 1981 Ford LTD - Hole cut in the trans tunnel. It got cut out a little more after this and I need to find a shifter boot but it comes out in a good place. S… 1981 Ford LTD - I put a level line on the engine before taking out the AOD shell I had bolted to the trans. The TKO uses the same bolt pattern for the moun… 1981 Ford LTD - Trans bolted down with the spacer installed. The top of the trans just touched the floor pan. I later pulled the trans and hammered a coupl… 1981 Ford LTD - The stock driveshaft was a little too long for the TKO but it turns out that the later model police Crown Vics used an aluminum shaft that… 1981 Ford LTD - I needed to space the clutch cable out from the firewall a bit and adjust the angle to eliminate wear on the cable sheath. I started by cut… 1981 Ford LTD - Bare blank plates mocked up to the firewall. Had to shape them to fit over a flat spot but it all worked out. 1981 Ford LTD - It's a compound angle to get the flange flat and straight along the centerline of the opening in the firewall and the top of the quadrant.… 1981 Ford LTD - Boring the larger hole. Keeping the saw cutting without too much chatter or sticking was a challenge. It took some serious clamps to keep t… 1981 Ford LTD - Finished piece. Welded nuts to the inside plate. Welded nuts to the pipe to hold down the firewall adjuster. I like it. 1981 Ford LTD - Blurry but the wire goes straight through the center of the firewall adjuster and to the top of the adjuster. 1981 Ford LTD - Cable installed. Blurry. It was cold and dark at this point. 1981 Ford LTD - Everything installed. It works fine. 1981 Ford LTD - Better shot. 1981 Ford LTD - Had to hammer a divot in the crossmember to clear the cast torque arm mounts on the extension housing. The crossmember is 1/8" thick so it…