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Sloride
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skills@eurocarsplus
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while it's in place, drill the spot welds holding the nut plate
remove nut plate
make an oversized template of the area with the bolt hole in it (really just need to know where the hole was)
cut out bad spot
weld in new panel
drill bolt hole
plug weld freshly cleaned/blasted plate
plugweld back on to new metal panel you welded in
done!
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Sloride
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skills@eurocarsplus
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well, doing it right is key. it's a pretty simple/common repair. you'll be happy when it's all put back together. it stinks when you have put them into in-op status, especially since our season is so short to run them around
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
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| Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
| Brian wrote: |
| Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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Ride_On
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Location: Ottawa, Canada
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 10:37 am Post subject: Re: front floor seat belt mount |
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Slo - that's impressive resolve to do the full paint restore! Are you planning on hiring out the paint work or DIY? At some point, we'll have to at least get some touch-ups done, so interested in local suppliers. Following to see how it goes!
If your bus is on the DL all summer and you're getting antsy for some bus seat time... drop a line. 
Cheers,
Paul
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Seahorse
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| What everybody seems to be missing is that this was a piece of metal on top of the metal behind the bolt hole, I have one on both sides of my 78 west and both have rusted out. It isn't a complete rust trough as you all assume and it is in one local where VW places a different kind of metal plug on top for some reason. That reason no one seems to know but I would be very interested in someone who might have an idea. |
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bullibene
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