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My Pedals have been rejuvenated and re-installed.   I feel like a new man.  Or at least an old man with new pedals.

The old "C" clip that holds the brake pedal arm in place broke when I picked it up to re-install it (I seem to have days like that) so a quick trip to my undercover ACE hardware got me a new clip, plus! new Bronze bushings and a new thrust washer for where the brake pedal had chewed into the cluster base over the past 50+ years - They even had the washer in Metric!  Taking the lead from Mr. Merklin I gave everything a shot of rattle-can satin black yesterday so it looks as new as everything now works.

I found that the new cable attach point must be very slightly farther forward than my old worn-out cable hook, so my adjuster is a bit farther back (3/8" or so), but no biggie - I have enough slack in the adjustment and Bowden Tube washers so that, even with my custom cable from a sailboat rigger (he also drag races a Corvette) everything fits.

The snow we expected from the storm that @Lane Anderson sent Northeast has turned into torrential rains over night, so I'm hoping that will wash the salt off the roads and I can treat myself, like all you "Wet-Coasters", to a test drive later this week because today's temp peaked at 36F and Tomorrow is supposed to be upper 50's !?!?!?!

I can dream, can't I??

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