Busy day, no change there then, but progress is picking up the pace.....
Off to the self storage lock up to fetch some goodies.
For the first time in at least 2 decades Rusty is going to get a set of back seats.
Whilst I was out I grabbed a can of Wynns supercharge for engine oil treatments, with almost 350,000kms on the clock, every little helps, gave it a service last week and all fresh filters means it's good for at least another 3,000 miles lol I was always tol that oil is cheap compared with an engine rebuild.
So the first seat in for a quick test fit.
As with all things on the Rusty one, it never gives up the goodies easily and fitting the rear seats will be no exception.
Why? Well after 20+yrs of no back seats and the captive nuts open to the elements underneath the truck, it seems the threads in the M6 nuts have rotted away, I ran a tap through them and they cleaned out OK but as soon as I went to tighten the bolts they just stripped the threads out.
Only one thing to do, drill it out to 1/4" imperial and then run an M8X1.25mm tap through it and create a whole new bigger thread, it's no real drama, they're really only for location and mounting, they're not structural at all.
That'll be three more to go as I see no point in not doing them, it will be the same amount of time to just drill and tap the old captive nuts as it will to run the tap through and clean the old threads out only to find they need done anyways lol
Still a conundrum over that bit of burnt out W signal wire on the back of the alternator but I guess I will find out in time.
