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I decided to buy a 'Clutch Helper Spring' kit, so ordered one online. It duly arrived this morning - but when I examined everything, something seemed wrong. I therefore did an online search, and it appears that my clutch pedal is unlike the ones everyone else seems to have... The main beam on mine is 'U' shaped, as opposed to being a single flat bar like most of the others. Mine is a '93 200Tdi Station Wagon with the chassis number SALLDHMF7LA93xxxx.

So - I have two questions:

1. Has a previous owner retro-fitted a different pedal, or was this one a standard fitment?

2. Is there a fix for the helper spring? 

As ever, any help would be much appreciated!

Edited by Paddy_SP
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The bar style pedal came in around chassis number LA939892 so yours much have been one of the last U shaped ones.  Didn't your kit come complete with a new pedal?  i did the same swap on my 1988 110 and it came as a whole pedal box assembly including the new style pedal.

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Many thanks for your reply - my chassis number is LA939855xx, so it's as you say, one of the last ones. What I don't get, however, is why the advert states that it should fit everything from 1983 on - that's ten years before my Defender was made! The kit didn't come with a pedal, by the way - it was just a spring and three pieces of plastic to go on the ends.

PS - I was slow in replying because I can't get this site to work in Google Chrome - it's fine on Firefox!

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Thanks, but having just made a whole set of new stainless pivot pins and bushes, I can't face the idea of scrapping all my hard work... I'm now considering making a third, central rib for the pedal so that the spring can be fooled into thinking it's on the correct type of arm!

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