@nomislotsirb if you drill it out just get someone to hold the hoover nozzle there and vacuum up the swarf
What Have You Done To Your Van Today?
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drilling it out and replace with a same diameter bolt with nylock nut may be your best bet. regarding the swarf I would take the seat base out and drill it out outside the van, you can then apply a dab of primer too for safe measure.
although on reflection if you have battery or sub under the seat may not be so straight forward.
also these nuts have a specific torque setting, search on here for torque settings should find it
Well it is winter.
Continuing my theme of ‘why is everything I do so bloomin hard’ I started to fit my Kenwood reversing camera.
Drilled a hole, painted the edges, fitted the grommet, mounted the camera, ran the wire inside the tailgate and then spent 2hrs trying to fish the f’ing wire up the side of the tailgate and out the grommet at the top. Haven’t even got as far as trying to get the wire through the rubber pipe and into the van yet
Now searching Amazon for some kind of stiff wire
Drilled a hole, painted the edges, fitted the grommet, mounted the camera, ran the wire inside the tailgate and then spent 2hrs trying to fish the f’ing wire up the side of the tailgate and out the grommet at the top. Haven’t even got as far as trying to get the wire through the rubber pipe and into the van yet
Now searching Amazon for some kind of stiff wire
@BoroBoy, how are you getting on with this pedal-lock? Is it easy enough to attach & remove?
It looks solid, without being overly bulky/heavy... but looks can be deceptive.
I used some earth bonding wire I had, going down from the top, and washing up liquid and a bamboo skewer for the bellows. More details (and thanks to the contributors whose advice I followed) further up this thread.Continuing my theme of ‘why is everything I do so bloomin hard’ I started to fit my Kenwood reversing camera.
Drilled a hole, painted the edges, fitted the grommet, mounted the camera, ran the wire inside the tailgate and then spent 2hrs trying to fish the f’ing wire up the side of the tailgate and out the grommet at the top. Haven’t even got as far as trying to get the wire through the rubber pipe and into the van yet
Now searching Amazon for some kind of stiff wire
I used a dyson to suck a piece of string through the bellows to tie onto the cableContinuing my theme of ‘why is everything I do so bloomin hard’ I started to fit my Kenwood reversing camera.
Drilled a hole, painted the edges, fitted the grommet, mounted the camera, ran the wire inside the tailgate and then spent 2hrs trying to fish the f’ing wire up the side of the tailgate and out the grommet at the top. Haven’t even got as far as trying to get the wire through the rubber pipe and into the van yet
Now searching Amazon for some kind of stiff wire
@t6blo try removing the tailgate to body grommet, the nearside tailgate bumpstop (twist 90 degrees) and then working backwards, fish a wire down the tailgate grom the top to the bumpstop hole, and then out the bottomContinuing my theme of ‘why is everything I do so bloomin hard’ I started to fit my Kenwood reversing camera.
Drilled a hole, painted the edges, fitted the grommet, mounted the camera, ran the wire inside the tailgate and then spent 2hrs trying to fish the f’ing wire up the side of the tailgate and out the grommet at the top. Haven’t even got as far as trying to get the wire through the rubber pipe and into the van yet
Now searching Amazon for some kind of stiff wire
@t6blo try removing the tailgate to body grommet, the nearside tailgate bumpstop (twist 90 degrees) and then working backwards, fish a wire down the tailgate grom the top to the bumpstop hole, and then out the bottom
Thanks for the tips - will try again today when this arrives….
@Bav - The pedal lock is in 3 pieces. The biggest piece is the one that slots under the clutch and accellerator pedals. Then there is a smaller profiled piece that slots over that. The lock fits over the smaller piece profile. Nice and easy to fit and its not to bulky. The 2 blue bits are probably about 12mm thick.@BoroBoy, how are you getting on with this pedal-lock? Is it easy enough to attach & remove?
It looks solid, without being overly bulky/heavy... but looks can be deceptive.
If you like I can take photos of the individual components to give you a better idea.
