Art McEwen wrote:
>
> It all started when I got the carpet soaked, the one part that I couldn't
> dry properly was under the drivers seat, since it was filthy anyway I
> thought I'd take the seat out and remove the carpet to dry & clean it. Of
> course the round head screws that hold the slider to the floor pan are
> seized in place and the heads are too big for WD40 to adequately soak down
> to the thread, and because they are screws and not bolts I can't apply
> enough pressure without the screwdriver slipping out of the slot (and
> taking the skin on my knuckles with it).
>
> My options as I see them are:
>
> 1) Drill out the screws from the top, and tap in new thread to the square
> nuts under the floor.
>
> 2) Hacksaw off the nuts from the underside, and replace them with hex head
> nuts & bolts.
>
> 3) Heat the nuts from the underside and hope they expand enough to let me
> get the screws out before the heat ignites the WD40.
>
> 4) Dry the carpet as best I can with a space heater, ignore the fact that
> it's filthy and fix it when the floor pan eventually rots away from the
> trapped moisture
>
> Right now I'm leaning towards # 4 unless anybody has any better ideas?
>
> Art McEwen
> mcewenar@epo.gov.on.ca
What about spraying WD40 on the nuts at the bottom of the car? I would
do this a couple of times a day for several days, and then try to loosen
the screws.
My personal experience though, is that these things are rusted solind
and the only way is to cut them off.
George Richardson
'57 TR3, TS15559L
(getting ready to paint)
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