How do these things ever sit flush on the carpet with this huge "bump" on the bottom?
Gas Pedal
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gkent
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You cut a hole in the carpet and underpad the size of that square.
Looks like the square piece in the link below. You can make one if you have some white poly foam. Sometimes that stuff comes in certain packaged items.
www.detroitmuscletechnologies.com
Mopar B Body 67-70 Accelerator Gas Pedal to Firewall Gasket
Detroit Muscle Technologies, LLC Mopar restoration gaskets
www.detroitmuscletechnologies.com
NOT for a 63-65 B body ^^^^^^. You need to cut a matching hole in the carpet and pad.
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Yep, as said above, cut out the carpet/jute so the square part with the studs, can be counter sunk.
Thank you guys, I just wanted to confirm I wasn’t missing anything. Looks great by the way!
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That big bump makes contact with the floor pan. You have to get your carpet as exactly located as you can. Front and back, side to side and overlapping the rear carpet. Once you're satisfied where it all lines up take a scratch awe and poke the two holes for the studs from the bottom of the car. Now you can measure off the holes to the size of the rectangular "bump" under the pedal. Cut the carpet and any insulation out. Then you can install the pedal. The one stud underneath has a clamp for one of the cables. (I'll have to remember which one).
Don't be surprised if the pedal won't land completely on the heal pad. Some get lucky, some end up like mine.
Both look great! Thanks guys.
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Hope your carpet came in better shape than mine did.
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A cool trick is to use a soldering iron to make bolt holes in the carpet like seats, seat belts. It will melt the carpet and you won't have any loose strands.
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A cool trick is to use a soldering iron to make bolt holes in the carpet like seats, seat belts. It will melt the carpet and you won't have any loose strands.
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Here's how the cable is fastened to the gas pedal studs. I used foil insulation on the park cable.
Thank you again guys. Unfortunately/fortunately I'm installing vinyl flooring! Ugh. What a pain in the butt. But I love it. No pun intended.
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Oh I'm liking this!
No heal pad on the vinyl flooring?
No heal pad on the vinyl flooring?
No heel pad. Wasn't available. But my brain is still working! LOL. But got the factory t-85 shift rod and knob! That helps me over the disappointmnet of no heel pad! LOL. More pics when it comes together this weekend.
Neat method, wish I'd have heard of this before, I had some hassles when running bolts through the carpet for the modified console I installed, the carpet would get snagged while threading the bolt, remove and cut more. Messed up the carpeting, but fortunately most of it is hidden. Just did NOT like the idea of damaging a new carpet either way.
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