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Well, I've finally started working on my '80 trucklet. Maybe I'll call it my Grand Am ST (Sport Truck).
After being here in Michigan and sitting outside for the better part of 18 years, I really wanted to see how bad the floors were! To start, I had to take the seat out. The three nuts on the passenger side were rusted so one at a time, I gave them a 5 to 10 second blast of Loctite Freeze & Release, waited about two minutes and slowly backed them out. The three nuts on the drivers side were rusted far worse then the passenger side, so I had to carefully use my air chisel to spin them off and didn't booger the threads!:nanawrench: Got the bench seat out. Took the manual transmission floor trim, boot, and shifter knob out. Kick panels out. To get the seat belt floor bolts out (seized/rusted) I used a pointed bit in my air chisel and with 60 PSI, I gave each Torqs socket hole a few blasts. Then I shot them with the Locktite, slowly backed them out until I felt resistance. Then I gave them a shot of PB Blaster, ran the bolt back in, then backed them back out again. I kept that up until all the bolts were out (and no boogered threads).:nanawrench:The floors weren't as bad as I thought they would be, but I'll be installing new floor pans anyway:dontknow:.
My wife called me in for supper, and I didn't get pictures. I will post some pictures tomorrow.
Doug
After being here in Michigan and sitting outside for the better part of 18 years, I really wanted to see how bad the floors were! To start, I had to take the seat out. The three nuts on the passenger side were rusted so one at a time, I gave them a 5 to 10 second blast of Loctite Freeze & Release, waited about two minutes and slowly backed them out. The three nuts on the drivers side were rusted far worse then the passenger side, so I had to carefully use my air chisel to spin them off and didn't booger the threads!:nanawrench: Got the bench seat out. Took the manual transmission floor trim, boot, and shifter knob out. Kick panels out. To get the seat belt floor bolts out (seized/rusted) I used a pointed bit in my air chisel and with 60 PSI, I gave each Torqs socket hole a few blasts. Then I shot them with the Locktite, slowly backed them out until I felt resistance. Then I gave them a shot of PB Blaster, ran the bolt back in, then backed them back out again. I kept that up until all the bolts were out (and no boogered threads).:nanawrench:The floors weren't as bad as I thought they would be, but I'll be installing new floor pans anyway:dontknow:.
My wife called me in for supper, and I didn't get pictures. I will post some pictures tomorrow.
Doug