T18 Pedal Box Into Ke70

[beerhead]

This is a quick how to fit guide for the T18 pedal clusters into a KE70/AE71 (auto) chassis. There are probably other ways to make this work but this is how I did it.

It's very close to a bolt in, very little modification needed.

 

The 4 mounting bolts on the upper portion of the pedal box, 2 you can just see there, having 1 more above each you can see respectively. They sit about 10mm from the face that they bolt up to, so I used 4 17mm nuts as washers and longer bolts to bolt it it place. On this part on a T18 there's an extra piece of steel spot welded on. I levered it off with a screwdriver and a hammer.

 

The rest of the bolts bolt straight up as per factory.

 

The biggest problem with using the T18 gear is the steering wheel position. It ends up pointing at the drivers door at 10 - 15 degrees. So I made a small steel adapter plate to offset the stud location and lower the wheel a little.

 

The clutch pedal is very close to the steering column, I'll revise this guide if I find there isn't enough throw to activate the clutch.

 

If you want to do this the easy way get a 17mm socket and put it over the back of the stud for the master cylinder and tap it out with a hammer. Means you can fit the cluster once and just work around it to get the holes drilled.

 

If you want it to be an easy job, I'd recommend forking out the money for an AE71 pedal box.

It probably took me 6 - 8 hours to get this how I wanted.