My recent purchase has been sitting outside for a number of years. The
WD-40 soak treatment did not work its magic. Seven of eight small bolts
holding the lower roll bar snapped off. Argg! The eighth is spinning. Why
me? Welded nut must have let go. Looks like this area is boxed inside and
therefor inaccessible. Anyone have a solution. Larry.
-----Original Message-----
From: sidney raper [mailto:spl310@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 4:16 PM
To: glasgow@serv.net; datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Threaded holes in body
Gordon et al.,
The others sound to me to be mounting points for the factory luggage straps.
Sid
>From: Gordon Glasgow <glasgow@serv.net>
>Reply-To: Gordon Glasgow <glasgow@serv.net>
>To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Threaded holes in body
>Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 22:22:36 -0700
>
>That sure is a lot of holes! You're probably right on the roll bar mounts.
>You are for sure right on
>the alternate seat track holes. The seat belt halves used one big bolt
>each. I *think* the shoulder
>harness bolts to the inside of the wheel well with a single big bolt. Three
>of the holes on the
>trunk wall should be down very low in the passenger compartment, one in the
>center and one on each
>side. These are for the little "twistie" posts to hold the top boot in
>place. The rest of them, I
>have no clue.
>
>Erik A Smeby wrote:
>
> > Ok, so I chipped and scraped all the stuff off my floorboards and I
>found
> > many taped over holes that were threaded and I am curious what they were
> > for, 4 each side behind seats on floor, 4 more behind the each seat
>in
> > the raised area( what would one call it?) Factory roll bar? I have 8
> > threaded holes on the front of the trunk wall, visible from the trunk??
> I
> > have 2 sets of holes for mounting the seats-forward and back, about 2"
> > apart, could this be a factory thing for American tall folk? There are
> > about 4 more holes that were taped over underneath the factory coating.
> > I also found a spot to mount some 6x9 speakers. Forward of the wheel
>wells,
> > behind the seats, one of the PO's cut out between 2 of the 3 holes on
>each
> > side, then hammered away at the sharp jagged edges that were left.
>(Hmmm,
> > that parts car is looking cleaner all the time).
> > I had some adhesive remover for flooring glue that seemed to get the
> > remnants of the coating pretty well, also ate through my gloves, and did
>a
> > number on my sinuses. If anybody is interested, I could find the brand.
> I
> > also found a brand new heater core from my local dealership at $117.
>Seemed
> > like a good deal. Rebuilding mine was estimated at $150.
> > This weekend I may actually start tightening some things on my car
>instead
> > of loosening and removing everything.
>
>--
>Gordon Glasgow
>http://www.gordon-glasgow.org
>
>
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