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That's a lot of crud.
Can you clamp the screw with vice grips and turn it that way?
I wish I could get away to come help move the panel body. I want to see your shop and progress.
My problem is that these screws screw into something but I can’t figure out if it’s a caged nut or something else. If it’s a caged nut I’m golden if it’s something else I may be in for lots of work.
Joe I think I’ve figured out how to singlehandedly remove the body. But every bolt is rusted. You might see the marks on the bolt head, they’re from vice grips. Still end up breaking them off.
My problem is that these screws screw into something but I can’t figure out if it’s a caged nut or something else. If it’s a caged nut I’m golden if it’s something else I may be in for lots of work.
Joe I think I’ve figured out how to singlehandedly remove the body. But every bolt is rusted. You might see the marks on the bolt head, they’re from vice grips. Still end up breaking them off.
It's been a very long time since I removed those on my panel but I'm sure if you crawl under the panel you will see if there are caged nuts there. I can't even remember if it's a Phillip's head on those bolts or a square head..can't tell in your picture..
I’m drowning them in rust buster. Even got under the Panel and tried wire brushing the exposed ends. I just didn’t think to look and see how the nuts were mounted.
In and out still ended up with broken screws. I was using my battery powered impact.
As far as cutting them off, it’s pretty tight quarters between the frame and the body bottom. Another issue was a ran out of 3” cutoff wheels but that was remedied by a trip to Harbor Freight.
I decided to stick around home today but I’d brought the 53s grill home so I thought I’d clean up the buckets in preparation for the new EZ Wiring kit. I was amazed at the amount of rust and crud inside the buckets. Might have to acid dip these since my air compressor won’t keep up with my sandblasting cabinet.
Well let me say a sheet of 3/4 plywood is Heavy, around 68 LBS. But I finally got it out. Most of the side screws I ended up drilling the heads off. Couldn’t get a cutoff wheel close enough to cut them off.
Here’s today’s progress. Bottom of side nuts Drilling the heads off More of the same Shot from front to back with plywood removed. Shot from rear to front with plywood removed. Bolts with heads drilled off.
