Ripping interior

[happy024]

RE: Welding D30

OK this coming weekend I'm going to start to tackle gutting the interior of my 95 YJ. I am going to be Durabacking all of the interior after repairing the front floor pans.

But my question is this. What kind of problems can I expect to run into?
Do the bolts that hold the seat brackets down tend to lock up. so should I go ahead and get new ones. And does anyone have some ideas for new drain plugs or something different than just the rubber plug.

 

[Sparky-Watts]

Yours has drain plugs? I was underneath mine last weekend installing my amp (running wires to the engine compartment) and noticed I have no plugs, just holes......

 

[Inspector-Gadget]

Hi-Ya happy024,

Yes, the seat bracket anchor bolts and everything else tend to rust solid over time. My suggestion would be to give all accessible fasteners a daily shot of "PB Blaster" in preparation for gutting the interior.

The seat-belt anchor bolts seem to be the hardest to remove of the floor pan fasteners. Removal of those bolts has been discussed several times in this forum.

To save you a search: The best idea seems to be to weld good sized hex-nuts on top of the seat-belt anchor "torx" fasteners. Then you can use a socket and breaker bar to back out the anchor fasteners -- maybe.

Having a torch, sawzall, impact wrench, patience and a good supply of swear words at hand might also prove useful.

Hope the above proves helpful.

Regards,

Gadget