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Carpet installed - Car won't start now

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Old Dec 21, 2010 | 07:43 PM
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Question Carpet installed - Car won't start now

Sorry about the catchy subject

I have a ground-up restore...
Had a temporary seat in place while I finished exterior of car...

I installed the carpet which required just a little movement of the wires which typically go under the the carpet... specifically, the seats and center console.

Prior to this installation, I had been starting car to move in/out of garage with no issue.

I hear the fuel pump come on and all other instrument cluster items look good.

I checked the inertia switch in the trunk and it's fully depressed as I expect it should be.

If you have a wiring diagram (which includes color) for the interior that may help me.

Any other ideas ?

TIA
Old Dec 21, 2010 | 08:26 PM
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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 11:16 AM
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Great website !!!

Mystery solved...

With the installation of the carpet, the clutch pedal travel ha been reduced (ever so little).

This resulted in the Starter/Clutch Interlock switch not being fully engaged and as such, the starter would not fire.

To fix this I adjusted the piston stop clip. The car now starts.

I do however need to reinstall the Starter/Clutch Interlock back into place. If the problem returns, then I'll stay focused on how the clutch pedal is meeting this switch.

Many thanks again for the quick reply...

Have an awesome Holiday weekend Bubba !

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