That is also the same as your top seat bolt mount. When I worked at toyota building Hilux when the bolts wouldnt go in to the chassis cause the inner nuts where shaged ,we had to do it with new nuts with wire tied around them and put it thru a chassis hole and and find the bolt. Loads of fun.
Malcolm "feel sick today" Richard Clough wrote: > Mal > I was thinking of welding nuts on to the plate before installing it, (either > inside the sill or on the cabin side of the sill wall), to eliminate the > problem of getting a spanner on to the nuts. > I got the idea from Mr Nissan. Remember how the front guard is bolted > through the sill on to a welded nut? (The bolt that invariably rusts in and > causes all the grief when replacing a front guard). > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "maldat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, 5 July 2002 21:00 PM > Subject: Re: roll cage in 1600, mounting locations > > > >>I'm a bit pissed right now but>><<< >> >> >>I see what you are on about but bolting to the upright on the inside of >>the car would mean cutting open the sill so you can hold the bolts/...... >> >>I know they have to be bolted to the floor. >>i see that in a roll whats stopping it just ripping tru the floor?????>. >> >>But what 1600 rolls on on track or road? none ..I have only heard of >>1600's rolling when they are shingle,and getting fully caned and not >>really set up for it. >> >>malcolm? >> >>Richard Clough wrote: >> >> >>>Can anyone think of a reason why roll cage mounting brackets could not >>> > be > >>>installed vertically along the inside of the door sills rather than on >>> > the > >>>floor? >>> >>>My idea is to make a long mounting plate and weld it to the inside of >>> > the > >>>sill, or inside the sill cavity when the outer sills are replaced. This >>>would allow for the forward bars in the footwell and the centre hoop to >>> > be > >>>mounted off the bottom of the wall rather than to the floor. >>> >>>My feeling is that these vertical roll cage mounts would have some >>>advantages. They would be stronger than floor mounts in a roll over, as >>> > the > >>>forces would be shear forces rather than flat fronted forces on a thin >>> > metal > >>>floor pan. The full length side bars would stiffen the body. There are >>> > no > >>>bolts protruding under the floor getting damaged, and no problems >>> > fitting > >>>carpets or concealing holes in the floor if the cage is removed . >>> >>>Comments on this idea? >>> >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "James Morrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Sent: Friday, 5 July 2002 12:30 PM >>>Subject: Re: roll cage in 1600, pedal locations >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>my mates 1600 rally car has a full cage and stock pedal and yeh its >>>> > pretty > >>>damn close to the cage, could get annoying. You may wanna think about a >>>bluebird (i think) pedal and cable accellator. >>> >>> >>>>James >>>> >>>>--- JUSTIN FRIEDRICHS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Guys, >>>>>Do you need to modify the position of the acc pedal >>>>>and brake pedal when a roll cage is fitted to a 1600. >>>>>Cos I think the cage legs need to be very close to the >>>>>acc pedal. >>>>> >>>>>Cheers >>>>>Justin >>>>> >>>>>http://www.sold.com.au - SOLD.com.au >>>>>- Find yourself a bargain! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>_____________________________________________________________ >>>>Get Your free Ozdat Email Account >>>>---> http://www.ozdat.com >>>> >>>>_____________________________________________________________ >>>>Promote your group and strengthen ties to your members with >>>> >>>> >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] by Everyone.net http://www.everyone.net/?btn=tag >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
