This post is just some basic clean up and a couple of small adjustments to some previous (to our ownership) repairs. Wanted to removed some heavy seam sealer in a few spots and re-apply it a bit nicer. During removal, I made a few small "discoveries"...nothing earth shattering but stuff I couldn't leave as is.
Began with scraping.......
This was one of the discoveries, the lower portion of the cowl had been replaced. They decided that this area did not need to be welded back together, just covered up with gobs of seam sealer. Glad I decided to investigate!
I formed up a small filler to be mounted on the inside with plug and seam welds.
View from inside the cowl vent.
The car had received a full floor pan replacement. This is the front corner of the floor on the passenger footwell. This was also covered with seam sealer....
I dollied the floor to a nice corner and formed up this patch panel.
Here is the head of the scraping department :o)
Clean up with a Roloc disc.
Took the Roloc disc to the underside of the dash area and the foot wells too.
Also the head of Quality Control !! One tough Inspector !!!
Same process here. This was also buried in seam sealer. But thankfully no surprises here!
Scuffed everything with Scotchbrite pads.
Roloc disc took care of the surface rust that had formed on the bottom of the tunnel (bare metal).
Ready for primer and a bit of bodywork.
Going back and finishing up a few fab details. On the trans tunnel I wanted to re-enforce the perimeter of the shifter opening. Everything was plenty stiff but this will add some extra support around the opening and will also be thick enough for me to tap the holes for the shifter boot.
Here is the boot (4th gen F body), a template that I made and the re-enforcement.
I shaped the piece to match the contour of the tunnel. Then I drilled holes in the tunnel to plug weld the piece in place.
View from the bottom.
Plug welds complete.
Welds ground smooth.
Finished view from the bottom. If you look close you can see the tapped holes for the shifter boot.
I did the same for the opening around the Lokar floor mounted parking brake assembly.
This is the re-enforcement plate.
Plug welding in place.
Welds ground smooth.
Bottom view.
Out board rear seat belt mounts.
With the installation of the DSE Deep Tubs, you loose the outboard rear seat belt mounting point. Although the DSE instructions tell you how to remount the original units, I went a different route, mainly because I did not like where they were supposed to go. They ended up so close to the inboard mount that only a small kid could fit. I bought some Julianos mounts and located them just inboard of the tubs. This is a good point structurally as well as ergonomically. Just had to drill the through hole in the floor and two holes for plug welds.
Bottom view.
