I used to run a classic car restoration business. The way we removed rusty, worn bolts, was use a mig welder to but a blob on top the old bolt and then weld a new bolt to the blob. The combination of heat and having a brand new bolt head to get a socket on never failed to work.
Yes used that too - there are different techniques for different cases, but those LH threaded sockets are a time saver in many cases - like rusted splined bolts on V8 manifolds
Smartest thing I ever saw related to the floor bolts in a Defender was a guy I used to know, who had his own little informal LR repair business, who found a source of horribly cheap & nasty chinese "pot-metal" bolts which he always used on Defender floors. Pot-metal is usually made from non-ferrous soft metals (zinc, tin, alu etc) so the bolts, themselves, never went rusty but if the floor rusted so the bolts stuck you just needed to stick a 10mm spanner on them, tighten them by half a turn and the head would shear off and then you could easily knock the remainder of the bolt out with a centrepunch. No idea where he bought the bolts but I HAVE noticed you often get similar pot-metal bolts on cheap office furniture so it might be worth enquiring at a retailer who sells office furniture.
The method I use is to cut two flats with a 4 inch cutting disc in the angle grinder. Then use some vise grips on the end of the jaws. Just my two penneth 😋
You’re a blooming mind reader! It’s advice I actually needed today, having tried and failed to get the damn screws out “nicely”. This channel is an essential service for Landy owners. Many thanks.
Hi Mike! what can I say? I never miss your videos and we love these tips. I always say it and I will keep saying... "Do you need help with your landy? go see Mike's videos. Best Land Rover channel in youtube! (by far)" Cheers from Patagonia, Argentina.
HI, love this, for the later plastic screw captives i just shatter them from underneath with some old side cutters and for replacements I use the large Flange head wing screws from late Vw's, (they need a better purpose anyway), lower profile and reduces a water ingress point, (down to 120, ish), BMW mini's are a great source of blanking grommets too...
i use a grinder with a sliting disc,its the only tool i own for taking anything off an old defender i dont try and save anything as i always replace everything with stainless apart from the big bolts i drop the rust ones into a bath of citric acid and they come up nice and rust free
Why are there no big original looking flat head screws and spire clips, your so right and it would reduce the galvanic corrosion too. You should see the mess a previous owner made of my floor, think they used the biggest grinder they had from the side so Alu repair first for me. Maybe large flat plastic washers either side of the aluminium floor would help, with some Hylomar to reduce corrosion 🤔
Any advice on getting the exhaust manifold studs out of the exhaust manifold on a 2.25, these are the short one to hold the pipe on. I have been doing differential heating and penetrating oil for a week and only got one out. Been using a visegrip so i don't damage the threads if i can help it, in case I give up.
Mike. What about those Rangie Classic front seat bolts which are hardened sir ? Could make a video when next working on this project, as Jimbo had to drill out those four dome headed bolts mista ! V.
It's a pretty handy tool - just use it for fine work - you can get a set of tungsten cutters on line which are better than the grind stones in many cases
Dremil bits are fine but the tool itself won't last long, I've knackered 3 of them so now I have a generic cheapo one and it's lasted best of all. I'm not a professional, just a lad who tinkers with cars and things.
@@BritannicaRestorations maybe I'm just unlucky 😢 Lots on forums about the quality slipping on them. The wiring is so fine inside them.... I soldered a repair on one. Made from chinesium.
My mate asked the man in the Land Rover garage in Leyburn to help get his nuts out because they were covered in muck and he probably had more experience with that sort of thing. It didn't end well to be honest.
I used to run a classic car restoration business. The way we removed rusty, worn bolts, was use a mig welder to but a blob on top the old bolt and then weld a new bolt to the blob. The combination of heat and having a brand new bolt head to get a socket on never failed to work.
Yes used that too - there are different techniques for different cases, but those LH threaded sockets are a time saver in many cases - like rusted splined bolts on V8 manifolds
Smartest thing I ever saw related to the floor bolts in a Defender was a guy I used to know, who had his own little informal LR repair business, who found a source of horribly cheap & nasty chinese "pot-metal" bolts which he always used on Defender floors.
Pot-metal is usually made from non-ferrous soft metals (zinc, tin, alu etc) so the bolts, themselves, never went rusty but if the floor rusted so the bolts stuck you just needed to stick a 10mm spanner on them, tighten them by half a turn and the head would shear off and then you could easily knock the remainder of the bolt out with a centrepunch.
No idea where he bought the bolts but I HAVE noticed you often get similar pot-metal bolts on cheap office furniture so it might be worth enquiring at a retailer who sells office furniture.
The method I use is to cut two flats with a 4 inch cutting disc in the angle grinder. Then use some vise grips on the end of the jaws. Just my two penneth 😋
Great tip!
Mike thank you very much
Great tip regards the Dremel discs
Glad it helped
You’re a blooming mind reader! It’s advice I actually needed today, having tried and failed to get the damn screws out “nicely”. This channel is an essential service for Landy owners. Many thanks.
Mine were met with a grinder. It got the job done.
Great tip for the dremel. Cheers King Mike. 🥃
Hi Mike! what can I say? I never miss your videos and we love these tips. I always say it and I will keep saying... "Do you need help with your landy? go see Mike's videos. Best Land Rover channel in youtube! (by far)" Cheers from Patagonia, Argentina.
You're the best!
HI, love this, for the later plastic screw captives i just shatter them from underneath with some old side cutters and for replacements I use the large Flange head wing screws from late Vw's, (they need a better purpose anyway), lower profile and reduces a water ingress point, (down to 120, ish), BMW mini's are a great source of blanking grommets too...
You confirmed what many thought about you 🤔.. you are nuts 😜 🤪 😏
lol!
How can anyone leave you negative comments?!!
You’re a god send to the Canadian Land Rover community
wish I'd had some of those sockety thingos when I was working on Aus Army IIAs back in the 70s. Bloody screws!!!
I can get all the floor screw out of a station wagon in 5 minutes without using a grinder ( but don't tell my customers...)
Gold!
Hi Mike 👍🤔great tips again 👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🚌🚌🚌
Glad you enjoyed it
Good video I cut them out of a disc cutter then use tech screws to fit the floor back😁👍
I like to put the original fittings back in
i use a grinder with a sliting disc,its the only tool i own for taking anything off an old defender i dont try and save anything as i always replace everything with stainless apart from the big bolts i drop the rust ones into a bath of citric acid and they come up nice and rust free
I try to avoid using the grinder in side the vehicle because of the sparks and dust created - makes more work - but outside the vehicle is fine
@@BritannicaRestorations I only do it when taking a full one apart which I am re building
Why are there no big original looking flat head screws and spire clips, your so right and it would reduce the
galvanic corrosion too. You should see the mess a previous owner made of my floor, think they used the biggest grinder they had from the side so Alu repair first for me. Maybe large flat plastic washers either side of the aluminium floor would help, with some Hylomar to reduce corrosion 🤔
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Absolutely Top Jobs
Thanks!
I've always found impact screwdriver works well... the know the type that you hit with a hammer.
Those sockets are brilliant but when they fail the grinder is my go to. Just cut the head off and be done with it.
My stainless boot supplier in Plymouth UK does them!
Bolt
Acme floor screws and nuts?
Any advice on getting the exhaust manifold studs out of the exhaust manifold on a 2.25, these are the short one to hold the pipe on. I have been doing differential heating and penetrating oil for a week and only got one out. Been using a visegrip so i don't damage the threads if i can help it, in case I give up.
Mike. What about those Rangie Classic front seat bolts which are hardened sir ? Could make a video when next working on this project, as Jimbo had to drill out those four dome headed bolts mista ! V.
Hi Mike you have a Dremmel tool what do you think of it & what do you use it mostly for?
I have Just got one.
Cheers
Lawrence (Northumberland) UK
It's a pretty handy tool - just use it for fine work - you can get a set of tungsten cutters on line which are better than the grind stones in many cases
Dremil bits are fine but the tool itself won't last long, I've knackered 3 of them so now I have a generic cheapo one and it's lasted best of all. I'm not a professional, just a lad who tinkers with cars and things.
had mine 6 years now and works fine
@@BritannicaRestorations maybe I'm just unlucky 😢
Lots on forums about the quality slipping on them. The wiring is so fine inside them.... I soldered a repair on one. Made from chinesium.
@@terryatkinson899 Proxxon, a German company make the best ones. Axminster Tools sell them
Hi, What is the specific name for that left handed tool kit you use?
If you google bolt extractor sockets they will come up. Dead handy to have.
@@sukottora Thanks Tim
Yrm metal solutions do stainless screw packs for land rover floors 👍
Yes but you cannot get the Acme threaded one in SS
My mate asked the man in the Land Rover garage in Leyburn to help get his nuts out because they were covered in muck and he probably had more experience with that sort of thing. It didn't end well to be honest.
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I'll get me coat.