I welded the bucket seat brackets in this weekend. I used the 4 piece set available thru Goodmark. I also moved the mount inward toward center of car about 1" to allow the extra room needed for the lap belt retractor to clear the "bucket" seat. Both sides are in and fit perfectly. The small bracket for the front/outer seat mount provides the proper height adjustment to level out the seat. I recommend these brackets and I am really glad I read about them in this forum. graemlins/thumbsup.gif

graemlins/thumbsup.gif sounds like you and your welder are getting along fine. graemlins/thumbsup.gif

John,

Can you take a few pics to send to me? Would be helpful as I will be doing the same.

Thks

Rich

Originally posted by richr:
John,

Can you take a few pics to send to me? Would be helpful as I will be doing the same.

Thks

Rich I will update my web page this week with pic's.

I put .030 flux core in my mig and adjusted the heat to "A" from "B" and slowed the wire feed to about "2". This seemed to provide the best settings for welding without gas. I found that I still needed to melt the bracket first and then drop down onto the floor pan. It's sort of a bastard weld but if I ran it hot, I melted holes thru the floor pan and the cooler setting required staying in one small area to melt that point together as opposed to tring to run a standard weld along the seem. That produced no penetration. I forget now who was telling me that I would be blowing holes thru my floorpans with the .035 fluxcore wire, but he was absolutely correct. If I had alot of this sheetmetal (light gauge) stuff to do, I would definitely invest the money and effort in the .025/gas setup. ;)
I really like this Lincoln Pro Mig 135

I welded the passenger side inner (long) bracket in last night and tried the "A" heat setting again with a wire speed of "2". This time I was able to get a much better weld. I don't know if a better ground may have made a difference, but it was a definite change from when I tried the "A" a few nights ago on the drivers side. Last night I got good penetration along the seam without burning thru the floor panel. Boy was I pleased with that. Could a ground make that kind of difference ? If so, I will definitely pay closer attention to that next time. FYI, I am using a Lincoln Pro-Mig 135 with .030 flux core. graemlins/hurray.gif

A bad ground will give you problems. It is like
the weakest link in the chain theory. If the
electricity has a restriction in flow from a bad
ground or from dirty metal where you are welding
it will not work as nice.

Originally posted by SS70SS:
A bad ground will give you problems. It is like
the weakest link in the chain theory. If the
electricity has a restriction in flow from a bad
ground or from dirty metal where you are welding
it will not work as nice. Thanks for the input Kevin. I know I had the pass side bracket quite a bit cleaner than the drivers side and that must have made the difference. We learn something new every day. graemlins/waving.gif

I am glad that it is a subject that I can help
you on. Lord knows I only know a bit about some
things there is tons of stuff that I don't know myself.
Who knows I might need some structural questions
answered one of these days. graemlins/waving.gif

Originally posted by SS70SS:
I am glad that it is a subject that I can help
you on. Lord knows I only know a bit about some
things there is tons of stuff that I don't know myself.
Who knows I might need some structural questions
answered one of these days. graemlins/waving.gif All ya gotta do is ask........thanx graemlins/thumbsup.gif