Removed the horribly designed nut retainers.20211211_190309.jpg20211211_191527.jpg20211211_190955.jpg
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Removed the horribly designed nut retainers.20211211_190309.jpg20211211_191527.jpg20211211_190955.jpg
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I plan on removing the flimsy crossmember bottom plating with 3/16" material. So I traced out a pattern on some cardboard20211211_185353.jpg20211211_185359.jpg20211211_185402.jpg
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I am learning now that I shouldn't have removed the captive nut holders. So I might have to get new nuts and weld the holders back in. The nuts freely spun in the holders though so I may replace them with something else.Originally Posted by SupercoolBill
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You cut off these welded-on square nut holders? Probably not the end of the world - I think you could get away with running the body bolts into new nuts as long as you can hold the nut in place with a wrench while someone else drives it in.
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VIN 11596 Jan 1982 build - owned since Nov. 2000!
Total frame-off restoration completed 2021-2023
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It is a tight spot in there.
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Use long nose vice grips or masking tape the nut to a thin wrench.
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Worked on the D with the wife today. She worked on disconnecting stuff in the engine bay and I worked on disconnecting stuff up front. 20211218_123733.jpg20211218_151038.jpg
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Everything on this car is a struggle. Every hose clamp is rusted stuck, almost every bolt strips out or snaps off. Had to grind off almost every access panel screw because the screws were sized and rivnuts just spun. Pretty much ended up ruining the access panel so I'll need to get another one of those. 20211218_134559.jpg20211218_134604.jpg
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This,....this is going to be interesting. I hate these old style AC lines. They are usually seized in place and the nut just rounds off. Even worse than that is...how the heck am I even going to get a couple wrenches onto these connections to loosen them??20211218_150815.jpg20211218_151829.jpg20211218_144736.jpg
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Took the bolt out of the steering shaft but couldn't get it to separate. This maybe only comes apart as you are lifting the body off??
Discovered that there is a LOT of play in my steering rack input shaft.20211218_143157.jpg
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