This pedal problem is on a swapped car. It used to be a 700R4 but I doubt that's relevant. Is there supposed to be some sort of stop on the pedal and the safety switch? My pedal will go down to what feels like a hard stop, then if I give it a good push it will go farther and eventually stop at the floorboard. I have had a bunch of instances where the car does not start because the switch (plastic rod type) is out of adjustment. So I end up having to push the peal past that initial stop point until it makes contact. I quite often have to remove the fuse panel cover, reach up there and slide that plastic rod back to the beginning. Then it ratchets back down to where I think it should be. Only to go out of adjustment a few starts later, then the process repeats. Not sure if maybe I'm setup wrong or something like that.

 

The early style you have was changed in the 80s. They weren't the most bulletproof design.

The later one acts like a stop of sorts. A metal flap presses the switch , which is attached to the pedal hanger on the left. They're not adjustable.

 

I did the same swap earlier this year, I just bypassed the switch all together

This may not be the way you want to do things, but for my situation it works just fine lol.

 

I did the same thing with my 700r4 to T5 conversion. I performed ZERO wiring additions for safety lockouts, etc. Works just fine for my situation.

Still need to connect my reverse lights- I've put that off since I have blackouts and they would be just more useful than useless anyway.