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TBatt · 07-31-2015, 04:38 PM

Ordered mine on Wednesday and it arrived on Monday. I was planning on doing the install this Saturday but we had a cold front come through and the temps and humidity were going to be nice so I took today (Friday) off to do the install.

I followed Ryan's instructions to the letter and the install almost went perfect.........

The stock pedal came out with very little cursing and the new pedal was prepped and ready to go in. While installing one of the nuts that hold the pedal assembly to the master cylinder it made the sickening sound of falling through the mechanism. I pulled myself out from under the dash and started to look for it. The area is quite small so it should be easy to find BUT NOOOOOOO!. I pulled back the carpet, drug a magnet all over the area, searched behind the fuse box, pulled more carpet back, looked under the dead pedal foam block, drug the magnet everywhere it would reach, no joy. After about an HOUR I finally gave up and decided to take the other nut off and head to the parts store for a replacement. They had the 8x1.25 mm nut and flat washer so I headed home to finish up. The rest of the install went about as best as could be expected considering you are working under the dash of a small car. Did I mention that I'm 60 years old and over weight........

Finally installed and adjusted and ready for the shake down cruise. Man, the new pedal is SWEET! Everything seem okay except for the cruise control would not engage. I guess I didn't get the top brown switch adjusted properly. Got back home and started to dive under the dash again and there it was.....the damn missing nut laying next to the accelerator pedal. My theory is that when it fell off of the stud it fell in to a time portal/black hole. It just happened that when I returned that the time portal realigned and the nut reappeared.

I've owned a bunch of sports cars in my many years and all of them were manual transmission cars ( it ain't a sports car if it has a slush box) and the 370Z was the first car that I thought about getting rid of it because it requires 100% attention to operate the clutch. I don't know how many times I killed the engine at a light because I was not paying attention. No other car I have driven except maybe the 427/435 HP Vette my dad had or the Grand Spalding Hemi Charger that my high school friend had had such a tricky clutch. The RJM Performance adjustable clutch pedal is worth every penny and every ounce of effort to install. A beautifully designed and expertly assembled addition to one of the great cars of our time.

Headed to the Tail of the Dragon tomorrow for some fun.

07-31-2015, 04:38 PM	#141 (permalink)
TBatt Track Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 832 Drives: 2019 GT-R Rep Power: 20168	Ordered mine on Wednesday and it arrived on Monday. I was planning on doing the install this Saturday but we had a cold front come through and the temps and humidity were going to be nice so I took today (Friday) off to do the install. I followed Ryan's instructions to the letter and the install almost went perfect......... The stock pedal came out with very little cursing and the new pedal was prepped and ready to go in. While installing one of the nuts that hold the pedal assembly to the master cylinder it made the sickening sound of falling through the mechanism. I pulled myself out from under the dash and started to look for it. The area is quite small so it should be easy to find BUT NOOOOOOO!. I pulled back the carpet, drug a magnet all over the area, searched behind the fuse box, pulled more carpet back, looked under the dead pedal foam block, drug the magnet everywhere it would reach, no joy. After about an HOUR I finally gave up and decided to take the other nut off and head to the parts store for a replacement. They had the 8x1.25 mm nut and flat washer so I headed home to finish up. The rest of the install went about as best as could be expected considering you are working under the dash of a small car. Did I mention that I'm 60 years old and over weight........ Finally installed and adjusted and ready for the shake down cruise. Man, the new pedal is SWEET! Everything seem okay except for the cruise control would not engage. I guess I didn't get the top brown switch adjusted properly. Got back home and started to dive under the dash again and there it was.....the damn missing nut laying next to the accelerator pedal. My theory is that when it fell off of the stud it fell in to a time portal/black hole. It just happened that when I returned that the time portal realigned and the nut reappeared. I've owned a bunch of sports cars in my many years and all of them were manual transmission cars ( it ain't a sports car if it has a slush box) and the 370Z was the first car that I thought about getting rid of it because it requires 100% attention to operate the clutch. I don't know how many times I killed the engine at a light because I was not paying attention. No other car I have driven except maybe the 427/435 HP Vette my dad had or the Grand Spalding Hemi Charger that my high school friend had had such a tricky clutch. The RJM Performance adjustable clutch pedal is worth every penny and every ounce of effort to install. A beautifully designed and expertly assembled addition to one of the great cars of our time. Headed to the Tail of the Dragon tomorrow for some fun. Last edited by TBatt; 07-31-2015 at 04:47 PM.