Off-season bodywork

[gjz30075]

Steve, are you referring to the plate on to which the latch assembly bolts?

[berni29]

Hi Andy

RE Safety, Yes and thank you. I have a full body suit and full face respirator that takes a compressed air feed from outside the booth. When using rattle cans I just hold my breath, but sadly that technique is not going to cut it with the 2k stuff haha.

It’s well worth a mention. I see pro guys on you tube using part face carbon masks. Not sure what is going on there. I know the booths have huge airflow, but nevertheless seems a bit wrong.

All the best

Berni

[elanner]

@steve lyle

BTW - does anybody have a trick for getting the top bolt fastened to the rear of the window frame? There are 3 fasteners for the window frame rear plate, the bottom 2 are machine screws that screw into nuts glassed in to the inner door frame, but the top one has no captured nut, just a hole, and I can’t figure out how to hold a nut in that spot, much less get a wrench on it. Apparently neither could the PO, since there wasn’t one there, on either side, when I got the car.

Ha! Yes, this does indeed seem impossible and I struggled with it for quite a while. Eventually I realized that it’s reasonably simple. First off, use a lock washer or locknut so that you don’t need to get a wrench on the nut.

Then either:

1. Before lowering the window frame into the door, tape the nut in place with masking tape or similar.
   Or:
2. After lowering the window frame into the door, use your little finger to maneuver and hold the nut in place. This seems impossible but, perhaps with a little sticky grease on your finger, and carefully arranging the angle of attack, isn’t out of the question. At least with my doors. It probably depends on the exact shape of the fibreglass door shell in this area.

Nick

[steve_lyle]

@gjz30075

Steve, are you referring to the plate on to which the latch assembly bolts?

Yes