Need a tip on getting the bolts started into the “pocket” nuts in the floor! The nuts seem to float around in the pocket.
Thanks for your usual great help.
Don
Paul in CT
I'd suggest you get all four bolts started prior to tightening any down.
It's kind of a pain in the butt as there is little room to get your arm in that confined area near the seat. Still, it's been done a zillion times. Patience
Mike "Kube" Kubarth
are you using new bolts,?or original bolts, and are they correct length
are you sure these are the right treads,same as the nuts,
did you pre install them in the caged nuts,? to see if they fit
it has to be something simple.
try using a tapered drift to line up everything,so they are centered and line up
my 2 cents, 37Ragtopman
Back to the beginning! Before reinstalling the seat, I started all four bolts just to know they would all fit.
Then of course I had to take them out, set the seat in and get the bolts back in! Well, I got the front two in ok and cannot get the back ones started! I have the fronts loose so I can move the seat around, no luck!!
Am I gonna have to take the seat out and start over?
Thanks
Don
I'd suggest, if the nuts were not moved, to ask for help.
Mike "Kube" Kubarth
I think the cages were stretched and the nuts wobble around, you could try squeezing the cage with pair of vise grips,
with the bolts in place, while you squeeze the cages, so they line up
or pack with dum dum, might helps,
also making a pair of studs,for the rear, install them, and put seat over them , then remove the studs, and install the bolts,
once the seat is into position
hope this helps 37Ragtopman
I hope that Kubes40 will correct me if I am wrong, but I thought all 1939 coupes had "L" shaped brackets that attached to the floor and the seat tracks attached to those brackets.
Tom
By moving the seat and using your suggestions, FINALLY got the bolts in!
Everything is original and nothing changed, just needed patience! My hands were not made for the allotted space.