Joy,

I had this happen on my '85 when I had it. Mike is exactly right - the
original rivets have broken. You might not be able to see it exactly because
if I recall the bit that rivets to the floor is tucked into a slit in the
carpet. You may have to punch out what remains of the rivets in the floor.
Once you do there are two holes there (they go right through the floor). You
can easily fix it with a couple of small bolts with a nut on each - although
as Mike points out it helps to have help cause someone will need to be
underneath to tighten tem up.

Good luck - it's not too hard to do.

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>
> From the factory, the pedal was attached to the floor with two rivets.
>  Those rivets broke on my '84 automatic and I fixed them with screws
> and nuts.  In that I usually work alone, I had no one to hold the nuts
> to get the screws started so I used JB Quick to attach them to the
> underside then put the screws in from the top.
>
> They later broke on my '85 standard ... away from home, of course, so I
> punched out what remained of the broken rivets and ran long wood screws
> through from the top.  They didn't actually screw to anything ... they
> just sat in the holes.  Anyway, that "Temporary" fix to get me home
> lasted over a year until I put screws and nuts on there.
>
> Mike
>

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Thanks,

Jeff
'90 Carat (Grover)
'86 (We call this one Parts)
'78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus