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I'm having trouble pushing the clutch pedal all the way down - my legs are too short...Does anyone know of a pedal extender that will fit a TR6? They are available for Mustang & Camaro, plus a dwarf sells a kit but its expensive and I don't need a 15" extension. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I can't move the seat any further forward because of the famous British steering wheel position.

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A friend of mine faced a similar problem when setting up him Mini so his wife could drive it. He found the kits to be a bit expensive. I believe in the end he made his own using blocks of hardwood attached to the pedals with some form of modified u-bolts. This probably isn't what you want to hear but making your own remains a possibility.
 
My current TR3 also had a block of hardwood on the clutch pedal when it came to me; although the PO had just drilled the existing pedal for flat head bolts instead of using a U-bolt.

You might look into various small changes that would raise the point where the clutch engages. On both Stags, I found a fairly severe amount of wear at the point where the MC pushrod joined with the pedal. I wasn't willing to pull it all out to fix it properly, so I reamed the holes oversize and used a metric bolt (8mm IIRC) in place of the clevis pin. That gained me over 1" at the pedal.

The TR6 uses a plastic line from the clutch MC to the slave, which swells under pressure and effectively loses motion. A hard line plus a short length of flex line (like the earlier TRs use) would regain that motion. Or I believe several vendors (including TSi) sell a "braided stainless" line (actually teflon inside, the braid is only for abrasion protection) that also flexes less than the original line.

The larger bore MC used on 69-70 TR6 would also help, if you have the later one.

Yet another option might be a longer pushrod for the MC (so the pedal is higher at rest). I vaguely recall seeing adjustable MC pushrods for sale, but don't recall where offhand. Worst case, you may have to fabricate something.

Might also be worth double-checking that the springs inside the slave & MC are in good condition. The MC spring on my previous TR3A was broken into 4 pieces by the time I figured out the problem.
 
A custom clutch pedal would be a relatively easy part to fabricate, the issue would be that few people would want he liability that goes with it. If you were willing to do the design and installation, then you could find someone that would weld up an extended pedal.
 
Personally, I would make the adjustment to the seat rails. To me, having pedals of varying heights would be very annoying.
 
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