The rear seats had been in the roof for the best part of ten years and I needed some new seats for the workshop. Like everything up there they needed to be on wheels, so a trip to metalcorp's scrap bin and ordered some castors, fired up the MIG and this is the result.
The seats actually have 3 evenly spaced holes (the outer are approx 75mm in from the edge and 1 in the centre) already predrilled in each of the transverse C channel frames So located them and drilled through the fabric. Using M6 SS hexbolts and nylocs the seats are bolted to the 50 x 20 x 3 RHS cross bars. The cross bars bolt to the 70x70 verticals with M12 SS with nylocs.
The main RHS pieces are 70 x 70 x 2.5, the castors are 100kgs rated each. They were built extra heavy duty in case at some point they need to be converted to engine stands or engine test beds.
Welding galvo sux balls, hence the fan was used to suck the fumes away.
The finished products, added some 20mm thick ply with some marine carpet, armrests and a footrest. You cant see it but there are another 2 pieces of 20x50x3RHS under the ply so they will never break no matter who or what sits on them they will never even flex.
They also still fold, so you can shut them to stop dust/****/stuff settling on them
A summer of watching cricket in the shed drinking scotch and not trying to get comfortable in a ****ing camp chair.
Thanks mate, I had a general idea about what I wanted but the actual measurements got made on the fly and was really how much I could get out of each length of steel
Just dont like to throw anything out, stubby holders are coming and will be affixed to the seats via the original pivoting bolts still in the side upturned bits on the seat.
ipad, me?, I only bought a wireless usb stick thing for my laptop the other day. much windows help later it connected woohoo.
I was thinking of leaving the seatbelt on so I cant fall out when Im blotto But then I would have to find a belt and then figure out how to mount it so I dropped that idea.
Yeah mate, still got it. It's in memory of my old XY GS......
And yes, been keeping an eye out for maybe an old rangie block to put the glass top on, nice and light.
Last year had all sorts of trouble accessing inner evaporator to clean out debris. Had a brain wave moment that I could put in a port so you access with vacuum cleaner . So here it is , went Clark rubber a purchased a 54 mm rubber plug. Drilled hole with 54 mm hole saw and presto you have hole...
As some of us have found out. The exhaust manifold gasket can blow out and get very noisy. Replacement by a mechanic is a very costly exercise so doing it yourself over a weekend makes sense. It can be done in a day but unless you do this kind of work a lot. I sugest you take your time and do it...
One of the things that has always annoyed me has been the way Nissan decided to attach the spare wheel on the rear carrier. To me, it made no sense to use bolts to hold the wheel in place, which made it far from easy to remove and re-install the spare/flat on the carrier. To that end, I finally...
This mod will open the small barn door once you lift the door release lever and keep it open even when the Patrol is on a side or downwards facing slope.
Can be used in conjunction with a door strap extension bracket.
Parts required (All parts sourced from Bunnings)
1 x 325mm long 100n Goliath...
