Body Mounts? kit question

[donnie_19]

Number 2 and 3 where pretty straight forward. Soaked with PB blaster and used a 15mm socket on one of the bolts and 5/8 on the others. Threads on bolts looked good so the cage nuts should be fine.
Do I need to loosen anything around the rear bumper to lift the body a couple of inches?

 

[denpo]

Number 2 and 3 where pretty straight forward. Soaked with PB blaster and used a 15mm socket on one of the bolts and 5/8 on the others. Threads on bolts looked good so the cage nuts should be fine.
Do I need to loosen anything around the rear bumper to lift the body a couple of inches?

Be carefull with the antenna ground, you should have enough loose in the wires, but better safe than sorry.

 

[donnie_19]

on number4: isn't there a metal piece on the inside and outside? once you got these two pieces removed the fiberglass repair shouldn't be all that difficult.

any success on number two ?

As you can see the bolts from 2 and 3 look pretty good.
The piece of metal on the outside is the reinforcement bracket that I ordered from Willcox. The metal on the inside I will try to pry out whats left and put a new plate inside. Just wondering if I should coat the new bolts with something or just paint with rustoluem when I am finished? Should I prep the cage nuts with something for rust.
It won't be me changing the bolts and mounts out in another 35 years.

 

[MYBAD79]

Anti seize for the threads

When you pry that inside puece out, check if there are rivets holding it to the outside piece... I dont remember but I think its not just glued

 

[donnie_19]

Got the driver side jacked up a couple of inches today and all the pucks removed Number 4 mount needs the most attention. Open to suggestions to repair the fiberglass before I attach the reinforcing bracket. If there was a steel plate on the inside I can't find any trace of it as all the rust crumbled when I removed the bolt.

 

[MYBAD79]

haha, crumbled rust is a trace of steel.....

found a diagram of the body mount assembly: looks like the is no "inner" metal reinforcemt, your rust is probably from the bolt and washer.


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[donnie_19]

haha, crumbled rust is a trace of steel.....

found a diagram of the body mount assembly: looks like the is no "inner" metal reinforcemt, your rust is probably from the bolt and washer.


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My support bracket that's welded on the frame, the end has rusted out. I have some large washers that I am be able to weld to replace these. I also have some fiberglass mat that I can wrap around the upper mount to rebuild and reinforce.

 

[donnie_19]

Made good progress on the body mounts today. Got the driver side raised about 3 inches and the no. 4 mount repaired. I used some fiberglass matt and resin. Waiting on the reinforcement bracket from Willcox. Will need to drill a new hole after the reinforcement bracket is attached. I might make a nut plate to fit inside no 4 to spread the load out. I found some big washers I can use to weld back on top of the frame tabs.
Bought qty of 8 7/16 course thread bolts, nuts and a few extra washers for $6.

 

[donnie_19]

Made some progress today on the body mounts. Unfortunately the 4" bolts for 2& 3 are to long, not enough thread. I needed 3 1/2" but not a big deal as I am waiting on the no 4 reinforcement brackets. I was able to jack the body up enough to get my fingers between the frame and body to get the poly mounts in place.

 

[MYBAD79]

make sure that when you are ready to tighten bolts: set the body down on the cushions and make sure all are loaded before you start torquing bolts.... add shims to the loose cushions....

 

[donnie_19]

Is there some places that should be measured or put level on the door sill?

 

[denpo]

Is there some places that should be measured or put level on the door sill?

One hole in the sill on each side lines up with a hole in the frame, for lateral alignement. Put the body sill as level as the frame is.

 

[donnie_19]

WTF I messed up today and cracked the inner fender well. I was raising the rear to start routing some fuel lines and heard a pop and have a long crack in th glass. The crack extends behind frame rail and under to the corner of the battery box. I had jacked up this part the day before when working on body mounts so guess it was to cold in the shop? Now I get to patch it up.

 

[denpo]

WTF I messed up today and cracked the inner fender well. I was raising the rear to start routing some fuel lines and heard a pop and have a long crack in th glass. The crack extends behind frame rail and under to the corner of the battery box. I had jacked up this part the day before when working on body mounts so guess it was to cold in the shop? Now I get to patch it up.

Body should always be held by the metal of the birdcage.
To get this fixed you'll need to grind a V groove into the crack, 1" wide on each side, painter tape ouside the groove, and glass the shit out of it.
Check recent post on my resto thread for pictures.

 

[MYBAD79]

in my "body mount" thread I included a few photos that show how I lifted the body using mechanical (old school) scissor jacks ans wood under the floorboards. I lifted only one side at a time.
Once all new body mount cushions were in place I verified that all eight are "tight" (for the lack of a better description)-- I touched all eight and checked if I could turn them, if I found a loose one I added a shim.... then once all eight were not turning because the body's weight was on them I tightned the bolts.....

 

[donnie_19]

Thanks for the info. I was only raising one side and had previously raised that side a couple days before. Only thing I can think was the cold fiberglass.

 

[donnie_19]

I repaired the crack today. I had to jack the body up a little to get to the crack behind the frame rail and noticed the rear bumper pulled from the body a little bit at the corners. Forgot to take a picture. Am I supposed to loosen or remove some bolts from the rear bumper? Now I need to fix this.

 

[MYBAD79]

Depending on how much you lifted the bumper cover can hit the reinforcement bar, that bar can hold the bumper down.... I did not have a problem with that.
It's probably a easy fix: loosen the bolts that hold the cover to the body, push back in place, re-tighten the bolts.... a helper outside of the car would be helpful so that he/she can push the bumper in place while you're under the car tightening the bolts....

 

[donnie_19]

Got all the body mounts in place. Had to loosen the rear bump to get enough height for the body mount 4. It twisted slightly when I lowered the body. Going to have to take a big pipe wrench and see if I can turn it a little to get bolts restarted.