Your suggestion sounds like a good one; if I knew how to weld and had
the right equipment. I keep thinking about cutting off the bolt heads,
opening the end plate, fishing out the old nuts, and fabricating a
rectangular plate that would fit snugly inside the frame rail. It would
have two hexagonal holes that would hold the nuts in place (fun time
with a Dremel), so it would almost be as if the captive nuts were still
in place without having to weld anything onto the bottom of the rail
(well, maybe some JB Weld to put the end plate back). Probably more
work than it's worth, though.
--Steve Shoyer (1980 MGB)
-----Original Message-----
From: Dodd, Kelvin [mailto:doddk@mossmotors.com]
Steve:
I'm afraid I would resort to the flame wrench about now...
...Then I would make up a repair plate with new welded nuts that can be
offered up so the new nuts go through the drilled holes. The new plate
is then welded to the bottom of the chassis rails...
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Shoyer
The bolts holding up the front sway bar are still just spinning in
place....
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