Andy,
I recently installed these fasteners into a BJ8 once the carpets and rear
seats had been installed. I had the car up on 4 sturdy axle stands with the
wheels off. The tonneau cover was final fitted complete with the tonneau bar
assembly. The tonneau was folded under to allow the snap down flaps to be
pulled down evenly so chalk marks could be established for where the
Lift-a-Dot studs need to be fitted. Then for cutting through the carpet, I use
a small 3/16" diameter hole punch and chucked it into a drill. This makes the
ideal clean hole through the carpet, and can be finished off by using a 3/16"
drill bit to complete the hole through the heel board. I had a spotter on the
inside (axle cavity area) to make sure I wasn't going to go through a fuel
line or wiring harness component. All worked out very well and when I placed
the male Lift-a-Dot stud through the hole, a helper working from in the axle
cavity ran on the locking washer and nut, tighening all.
I also use a small hole punch chucked in my electric drill to cleanly cut
through carpet underlay and the underfelt paper when installing the male
carpet snaps into the floors, etc. Nothing to catch and twist up, nothing to
unravel, just a clean hole through the materials.
Rich
From: andy pole
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 3:03 PM
To: Rich C ; healeys@autox.team.net ; shop@justbrits.com
Subject: RE: [Healeys] healboard lift a dot fastener position bj8
Rich and Ed
I did think about waiting until I bought a new blue tonneau (someway off when
I get the hood, and my old one is black) as I guess the position of the
sockets on these can also vary, I just thought there may be a bit of give in
the position.
My car obviously had new heelboards Ed, and even though I took every position
of all the floor fixings I never took these as I thought the metal was
salvageable!
I thought it may be easier to drill the holes with no carpet and also fix
without the rear seats in place. Will be a sod to do when everything else is
done. Nevermind trust your combined judgement as always.
many thanks Andy
>
> I have found that it's best to select the positions once you have the
> tonneau cover fitted in place with the tonneau bar. That way, any variables
> (and there are many) can be taken into account as you fit your particular
> tonneu cover to your car. They certainly seemed to vary on original cars and
> were not particularly level either.
> For instance the ones in this picture are in their original positions.
>
> Rich
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
Not got a Hotmail account? Sign-up now - Free
_______________________________________________
Healeys@autox.team.net
Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
Suggested annual donation $12.75
Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
|