The lower hole of mine was seriously worn, and the upper hole starting to wear, so I bought a replacement. But the slot is an entirely different shape, and much, much smaller. It is not a matter of needing a little filing (though this is all the supplier could suggest); it is clearly meant to go on a differently built part.
I have a scan of the parts here:
The one on the left is the original part.
Here's a tracing to show the difference:
Has anyone ever seen this, by any chance?
I should note that the part supplier went and checked this part against their original and pattern parts, and said it fit. Furthermore, the old parts catalogue picture does look like it's the part supplied, not the one that was on my car. So I'm wondering if there was some shorter run of a different design of the LHD clutch pedal. I doubt I'll find a correct new-old-stock part out there from someone's old supplies, especially since it's only a LHD part, but I can always hope.
(Though I'd really rather find a correct replacement part out there in the world, I've thought of several options to deal with the situation as is. Currently, I've reversed my old part (though this changes the angle slightly, and required a bunch of filing anyway). I might drill out the bottom hole and insert a bush for a temporary fix. Or I could, I suppose, grind down the pedal rod fitting, so that it fits the parts available. I can't face spending the dozens of hours filing away that metal in a part that should be simply stamped differently.)
