Remanufactured Y-Block for my car

[ROKuberski]

Dave,

Your photo with the red carpet is what I need, what I have just won't work.  I'll get pictures tomorrow.  The car is up on the lift right now, put away for the evening.  I see no way to modify the stuff I have to work with this car.  If the foot well is aligned, then the molded areas on the sides are off by about 6".  I would imagine that they will correct this problem, but it will likely take 10 days to get the carpet, like when I ordered it the first time.  I did open the package when it arrived, but did not do a detailed inspection until I actually tried to install it. 

Thanks for the pictures.  If someone has a picture of the backseat floor area in a  4-door car please post them.

Rich

[ROKuberski]

First off, it's not possible to call Rockauto.  I did call their corporate office and was told (by recording) to fill out a form online describing my problem.  If I wanted a refund, that form works fine, if I want to correct the carpet not fitting properly, it does not work.

Now, the bad news.  The carpet I have matches exactly the photo of the carpet on the Rockauto website.  I also called ACC Carpets and talked to their customer service person.  They say that what I have is correct for my car.  I would have a hard time believing that I am the only person that has ordered this carpet, or that I have an unusual car.  My car is the same as the pictures Dave posted below.  ACC has a screw up.  They do agree that all exposed edges should have a binding. 

I don't know where this is going, more to follow.

Here is the video I will send to Rockauto and ACC.

https://youtu.be/gES7RSM7cTo

Rich

[abe_lugo]

I had a similar issue on a wagon carpet install. I found some binding tape and had it sewn to the edge to finish it. Neither side was finished like yours.
Did you try over lapping the front onto the rear section for the -under the front seat section?

Also note that the floor pan most that likely is the same on both coupes and sedans. The wagon dont have the seat bottom  wall. So what you might have is a universal fit rear section that you need to trim down. If it were a wagon that section would just keep going back under the seat.

[ROKuberski]

I've been informed that this is a task for the customer.  I've got a good start on cutting the carpet, sneaking up on the correct size.  My knees need a break.

Rich

[KYBlueOval]

Rich, a friend of mine is an upholstery guy and he always uses a steam to make the carpet fit unusual contours.
John

[gasman826]

When I was installing my carpet, the upholstery guy cut the carpet to relieve it and him or I would sew the seam.  I have a binding attachment for my sewing machine but I have no exposed edges.  I bind small pieces of carpet for floor mats.  When the mats get dirty, toss them and make new.  I use the same carpet for mats that is installed in the car.  When I occasionally helped (go-fer) a buddy that was a professional carpet installer, we used carpet tape to glue two pieces of carpet together.  This carpet tape was like hot glue.  Heat the glue, stuff the carpet pieces together.  When cooled, the carpet would rip before the glue would fail.  I found a non-heated carpet tape...more of a contact tape.  This tape worked well for me in my car.  No hot, running glue, no special tool and no glue burns.  I found it on the Lowes shelf next to the hot glue carpet tape.

[ROKuberski]

The carpet is a very fine product and it's molded to fit all of the contours of the floor.  My only complaint was that the rear of the back seat carpet was not factory cut to fit and the edge is not finished.  Rockauto offered to refund my money, I did not want that.  ACC did offer to trim the carpet if I sent it back and if I asked, they would likely have finished the edge.  I just cut the carpet to fit.  (I did not want to send the carpet back - I have a use for the car and to install the seat and then remove it so I could install the rear carpet is a PITA.)  It lays pretty flat.  I did use a few spots of spray adhesive to hold it in place until I get the sills and front seat remounted.

They likely think I'm a jerk for complaining about this.  It's just that the front fit PERFECTLY and all exposed edges were finished.  Is it too much to ask for this in the rear?  I don't think so.

I'm going to furnish a link to this thread for Rockauto and ACC.

[ROKuberski]

Well, it's done!  I gave it a bath and my wife and I will participate in the Golden Super Cruise this afternoon.

Looking at my pictures, I did see that I forgot to reinstall the right side kick panel, but it's ready to go back in.

I did have it up to 75 this afternoon with no vibration.  And I have to do a minor adjustment to the TV cable on the transmission.  Shifts are just a little late.

In the interior photo you can see a piece of stainless steel sheet metal behind the aftermarket gas pedal.  Without this the mount crushed too much into the carpet

Whew!

In the not too distance future, I will post photos of a bunch of parts that I no longer have a use for.  i hope someone will see something that they need.

Rich

[oldave57]

Rich,

The car (and carpet) looks great and replacing the engine is no small task. 

Well Done,
Dave

[CobraJoe]

The car looks awesome Rich and I love the color; then again, I'm a little partial towards red/white combo. 

[hiball3985]

Congratulations getting it back on the road and running good 

[ROKuberski]

Gentlemen,

Thanks for the kinds words.  I think we all know what it's like to dive deep into a project and the great feeling when it's done.

This morning I did make one small addition.  The return spring on the accelerator needed some help.  I had some left over springs from LOKAR so I made a small stand off bracket to support one end.  The bracket that supports the TV cable and accelerator cable is home made and not enough room to insert a decent spring.  This is much improved.

As to the color of the car, of course I like it and I've noticed that I am certainly not the only person that likes this color combination.  It really pops.  There are lots of nice colors out there, but this combination speaks to me.  By the way, my Corvette is red as is my new Explorer.  My wife thinks I have too much red - nope.  About 1/3 of my shirts in the closet are red too. 

[RICH MUISE]

Nicely done Rich!! Congrats.

[RICH MUISE]

Any follow-ups?

[ROKuberski]

Rich,

I've been deep into assisting a friend that has health problems.  I've only got  125 miles on the new engine.  Quite frankly, I"m pretty sure that I have a misfire on the engine.  Not sure what it causing it.  I did see a spark leak near the coil, but not sure exactly where it came from.  I have some spaghetti insulation that I put over the wires from the distributor (not the spark plug wires,) but that did not seem to help although I no longer see the spark leak.  I'll run the car in the garage in the dark soon and look again.

To all of my old phart good friends, if you are not taking care of yourself, eating right and doing your exercises - you better get with it.  My friend is a diabetic who disregarded his Dr's instructions, did not take his meds, was lazy  and pretended like all was fine, but it was not.  I'll spare you the details, but his life has turned to crap all because of self-neglect.