I have a tough time squeezing my right foot over the accelerator without bumping the left side of my foot against the right edge of the brake pedal when I press down on the throttle. This is in a 111026 280SE 3.5 coupe with automatic transmission. I have only one pair of shoes narrow enough to fit! As there is no room to the right of the accelerator due to the AC console surround, I was wondering whether and how to adjust the position of the brake pedal shaft. Can it be moved slightly to the left to give me some breathing room? Other similar models (111 coupes) all seem to have greater spacing bewteen throttle and brake pedal, and they all seem to have very little room to the right of the throttle due to the tunnel or other fixture.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Andrew
280SE 3.5

If your coupe is anything like the 111 sedan then there's a steel rod under the accelerator pedal and you can discard the accel rubber pedal entirely..... using your toe on the steel rod instead.

On an old 220Sb of mine the accel pedal rusted through at the floorboards and came loose. For awhile it was hilarious having a 'tilt' accel pedal that pivoted on the steel rod. I finally chucked the pedal into the bushes and ended up driving with NO accel pedal at all, using the steel rod instead for as long as i owned the car, no problem for couple of years.

Otherwise have you thought about taking a blow torch, crow bar and sledge hammer to the brake pedal and bending it as you see fit?

My factory W111 service manual doesn't show any sideways adjustment for the brake pedal. Other than using a torch and bending, which may weaken or ruin it, removing the brake pedal rubber could give you a fraction of an inch of extra clearance. It may also be possible to get additional room by moving/bending that portion of the AC/console slightly. Perhaps rigging some small screw & bracket affair or even some strategically placed cable ties to secure that part of the console farther from the pedals.

Happy Motoring, Mark

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Yikes! You guys are merciless. My 3.5 is restored, beautiful, and mechanically perfect. I would never take a torch to the brake pedal shaft, or remove the accelerator pedal and drive around as if it were a 1955 British Humber Hornet with a 4-speed non-synchro manual trans. (

I'm still dumbfounded as to why no one else has this problem. Perhaps I should carefully make a cutout on the bottom edge of the carpeted A/C surround to expand the room for the right side of my foot. Since the A/C is an add-on Behr from a US model 3.5 coupe, it is possible that by installing it I took away some room. It's worth a try.

As I should have made more clear, I wouldn't torch and bend it either.
As I recall, the Behr AC console housing in my '72 250C has some sort of screw or fastener in the footwell, near the accelerator, to secure it and allow for maximum foot-space. Perhaps you could add something like that.

Happy Motoring, Mark

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