[steve]

Ok so this is what I got. Purchased from the link I posted. Looks like junk to me. I feel no ratcheting or hear any clicking in the movement. There is no tab to push so that it will set to the initial position. It won’t even travel the full length of the slot. Won’t even click into place when it hits the end of the travel. It just springs back and forth with a slight metal rubbing sound.

[johnta1]

That looks like it should.
Install the switch and then push pedal to floor.
Done.

There is no 'ratcheting'. The switch comes in the 'unadjusted' position.
If you try to ratchet it or see how far it will move you will defeat the adjustment mechanism.

[steve]

Originally Posted by johnta1

That looks like it should.
Install the switch and then push pedal to floor.
Done.

There is no 'ratcheting'. The switch comes in the 'unadjusted' position.
If you try to ratchet it or see how far it will move you will defeat the adjustment mechanism.

Really it only travels from the halfway position shown in the one photo to the point where I have pushed it in the one with my hand and then snaps back to center. No other action at all. It appears it would just be an on/off switch. There is no initial setting.

The one in the car now will travel the full length of the slot.

[steve]

The new one on the right will not travel to the position of the older one on the left.

In fact I can also see now what is wrong with the old one. The small plastic tab on the white slider won’t keep the switch from going all the way forward anymore. It is constantly slipping back into the initial setting mode.

[steve]

I was able to “modify” the old one to work as intended. Only took 5 minutes now that I see what was wrong with it. I indented the end of the metal housing where the red circle is with a punch and hammer to catch the little tab when it snaps back. Then I had to use a utility knife to carve out the plastic on the slider where the blue line is to keep it from rubbing on the indented metal. It now is able to be pushed into the initial setting mode and won’t snap back into that position after the gas is released. And YES after it is pushed into the initial setting you can hear the soft ratcheting/clicking noise as it takes the final setting.

If someone can tell me how this new brown one can be pushed into the initial setting mode I’ll try it in the car to see if it also works but I’m betting the old OE stuff will be better even if modified.

[Kenth]

1. To reset the new switch you need to pinch the slider and pull it out as far as it comes. (Blue arrows).
2. Then push the slider in until it gets close to the mark, NOT further. (Red arrows).
3. Mount the switch in the pedal bracket, and i will self adjust at the first WOT.

Jobs done!

[steve]

Originally Posted by Kenth

1. To reset the new switch you need to pinch the slider and pull it out as far as it comes. (Blue arrows).
2. Then push the slider in until it gets close to the mark, NOT further. (Red arrows).
3. Mount the switch in the pedal bracket, and i will self adjust at the first WOT.

Jobs done!

Thanks for the help but no amount of pinching will allow the slider to move into the position shown in your pic with the blue arrows, and on this unit there is no triangular mark on the metal housing as in your pic with the red arrows.