Right I did that too. I had to get my son to hold the pedal on the inside of the cab to help keep it from bouncing and then hit it a bunch. It is pretty tight around there and I already had the shift rods out of the way but between the motor, exhaust and steering column it was pretty tight and hard to get a good swing in. So it took about 20 taps and it started to loosen up and came right off.
Thanks guys. Now on to the replacing of the seals and the mat installation.
