fbekholden.com

Calling all you wagon owners (Hope you are listening Harv)
Can any of you give me an idea of how you put your retractable seat belts into the back of the wagon, possible some measurements too

I demonstrated these belts, to a rather particular engineer, to be NCOP compliant. The only thing he did not like was drilling and UNF tapping the C-pillar plates. The 10mm plate is not as thick as a UNF nut. Had to retrofit a nut back in there with fishing line, wire and swearing. Other plates are the standard cad-plated ones from HEMCO, BFH’d to the floor pan contours. I have all this written up into a seatbelt guide, but have yet to finish it. PM me an email address if you want a copy of the draft.

Cheers,
Harv

Your a champion Harv, PM sent

FireKraka wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2024 3:16 pm Your a champion Harv, PM sent

Indeed he is Neil .....................


























....................... he has a head like a spark plug

Blacky wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2024 10:00 pm ....................... he has a head like a spark plug

... and a face like a dropped sandwich

Spark plug story for today. Number One Son has a VL, which has been upgraded over time as his license allowed. It got the bottom end done, head worked, Skyline box, 31-spline rear end etc but remained naturally aspirated while he was on his P plates. Puts out the same amount of grunt as a factory turbo. Legal for a P-plater, but just.

Now that he has his full licence, it's time to bolt up the snail to the turbo-ready engine. Pulling the plugs, and two had cracked porcelain. Murphy's Law says that on both of them small pieces of ceramic fell into the combustion chamber as the plug came out. Could see them on a borescope, but could not get at them to pick them with a claw. Vacuum cleaner got adapted down to small-bore hose, but could not get the right angle to get at them either. Would not blow out with air.

Head off . Ceramic out, new MLS gasket. Found one rocker bolt stripped, so Helicoiled that while we were there. Head back on, return to normal programming.

Cheers,
Harv

It never stops Harv does it??

PM sent in reply Harv let me know if you get this one

FireKraka wrote: Tue Dec 03, 2024 1:13 pm PM sent in reply Harv let me know if you get this one

All good - got the PM, and have emailed you the draft seatbelt guide.

Cheers,
Harv

Question Harv just noticed that the floor support under your back seat (if that’s what you call it) the floor form is corrugated where mine in the FB Reverend wagon is straight or am I missed something here

Just had another look that piece is in the middle under the rear seat, the Reverends old floor and now new section don’t have it ????

Not sure... it came that way when I bought it.

Cheers,
Harv

Harv sorry to bug you, I’ve been fitting my seatbelt doubler plates, your guide has been a great help.
Got an issue with the C pillar plate, can you tell me what you did, there is a formed section in the pillar (see photo) and I have marked where the bolt should go, trying to get my head around how I can fit the plate. Can you also tell me what reels you used for the front.

When Dave did the bodywork, he made some plates. They are the ones traced out on the notebook paper in the photo above. I thought he cut open the c-pillar, put the plate in then stitched it back up. The bottom of the c-pillar is open though - may be able to slip them up from under. When the engineer did not like the tapped UNF holes, I lowered fishing line in from above, pulled up a UNF nut-on-a-plate, pop-riveted it in then removed the fishing line.

Cheers,
Harv