> Is there a workaround for bad capture nuts without having to
> resort to welding, which would be a tight PIA with the engine
> in the car?
There is a write-up on Mark Macy's site about how to use pop-rivets and the
replacement captive nuts like these
http://www.mcmaster.com/?m=true#90955a113/=wky98k
I used that approach for one of the fuel tank hold down bolts, and it worked
very well.
Another approach if you have a buddy at a body shop, would be one of the spot
welders that uses two hand-held electrodes. Or it
might be possible to convert a more conventional spot welder to use (short)
flexible cables and hand-held electrodes. I've used a
conventional spot welder on the replacement nuts as above and it worked slick,
but didn't think to try the flexible cable approach.
Likely you could even do this with a conventional arc welder, fitted with a
foot pedal control and a heavy copper rod for the
contact.
Yet another approach would be to install heli-coils into the captive nuts.
Lastly, for the nuts through the floor, you can use extra-long bolts and put
conventional nuts on underneath, in addition to the
captive nuts. Seriously hokey, but quick and (relatively) easy. I'd forgotten
all about it until I was stripping the wreck <G>
-- Randall
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