First job is somewhat for me, but more for the GF. The interior was, well, a bit rough. Carpet tearing away, stained, stinky etc. Factory seats were a little grimy. Drivers seat was torn and repaired with tape etc. Not to mention there is just not much adjustment and support. So out it all comes.
But first, check out these goodies I got with the chief:
Now on to the build:
Goodies that I did not really want or need from the previous owner - a Philips head screwdriver, two video game tokens and a dime. But I did find a sporting goods reciept from 1981. I bet that was the original owner's:
In pulling the seats out, the two rear, door side bolts sheared off at the head. Can see that in the above picture on the passenger side. More on that later. Also, when removing the trim piece holding the carpet at the door jam, I think I broke at least two of the self tapping screws off on each side. You know it, rust.
And now to my rust discoveries:
So my plan for this was to wire wheel it all down, apply a rust reformer and the POR 15 over it. But there are a few small holes as you can see in the above picture of the passenger side. After some research it seems a good option is to use some fiberglass mat in conjunction with the POR 15.
Rust reformer working:
Wire wheeled, cleaned, painted seat brackets:
So my first question to you guys is, do you think I should try and remove the rusted floor plan plugs, or just leave them in and POR 15 over them? The one on the driver side has a decent hole through it already. If I do remove them, planning to just use a rubber plug in place of them.
Now on to those pesky broken bolts. After a few sessions with the drill, three broken bits, a few beers and potty mouth talk, I was able to get them drilled enough to break them off. I found that the key was drilling up from the bottom where the captive nut was. Just drill far enough to clear it. Then keep using a bigger bit. Eventually they broke off with some persuasion from the top. Since the threads were pretty much toast I pulled out the 1/4" bit and clearanced them a little more. They will get thru bolted.
Daylight:
Ordered the carpet today from BJ'S. Seat order going in tomorrow. Decided on Corbeau Moabs in spice color. I spent a lot of time at three junk yards. But nothing quite suited my fancy. Did not want cloth and I can't weld (yet) so fabrication is out of the question right now. Also, remember this is mostly for the GF. She would sit in some random person's old seats, but I would also have to try and answer all of her questions like "what do you think happened in these seats?". "Do you think this car was in a bad accident?", "Do you think they survived?" Etc. New seats it is.
Fitting my CJ seats to see how the felt:
Way better than stock and these bestop seats aren't even the best seats.
Second question. I am just ordering the seats and was planning to swap over my stock sliders. Will that work or do I need to order new sliders?
That's it for tonight. Maybe more Thursday when I will try to get to the POR-15 job.
Oh, and beer pic:
OK, two:
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