My MK5 Minibus Project

[RonTransitmk5]

Today's effort, before & half way through.

[RonTransitmk5]

Hi all, me birthday set me back a bit

Finally finished the floor & x-member





Not sure what to do about the old seat holes as I don't want them filling up with crap & rusting through again.
Was thinking of making blanking plates out of some of the excess metal I have & just sticking them direct to the false floor that way it would be easier to remove the complete floor if needed.
(Would lube all old seat bolts loads & do them up under the blanking plates so the holes are filled)
Would need something that would glue steel to rubber & be very strong as would not want to keep re-sticking them.

Any suggestions? or is there a better way of blanking the holes?

[MinorMatt]

cut some bits of ply, paint them black stick them in and seal around them with something like tiger seal?

[transitandy]

Get hold of an old floor mat, bit of glue sorted

[Altransit]

Upturned plastic dust caps fill the threaded holes nicely, and stop water being thrown back up inside

[transitandy]

Blimey thats a good idea

[RonTransitmk5]

cut some bits of ply, paint them black stick them in and seal around them with something like tiger seal?

MinorMatt, now that sounds like a much better plan than mine, wood is much easier to work with than metal & I've had enough of that these last couple of weeks just checked out what tiger seal is, wow that will do nicely.

Added to me to do list, thanks MinorMatt

[RonTransitmk5]

Get hold of an old floor mat, bit of glue sorted

Good idea but I don't want to be re-glueing the mat bits in everytime something rips a hole in it, MinorMatt has a much better idea.

[robbie.cee]

chop up an old tire?

[RonTransitmk5]

Upturned plastic dust caps fill the threaded holes nicely, and stop water being thrown back up inside

I have all the old seat bolts & they will sit beneath the false floor level, so gonna grease them up & bung them in. Your idea is a great one for smaller holes

[RonTransitmk5]

chop up an old tire?

[Altransit]

I have all the old seat bolts & they will sit beneath the false floor level, so gonna grease them up & bung them in. Your idea is a great one fo r smaller holes

The exposed ends of the bolts will rust and seize in those holes, so refitting the seats may be a problem for the future, that's why I used the dust caps which are a perfect fit

[RonTransitmk5]

I have all the old seat bolts & they will sit beneath the false floor level, so gonna grease them up & bung them in. Your idea is a great one fo r smaller holes

The exposed ends of the bolts will rust and seize in those holes, so refitting the seats may be a problem for the future, that's why I used the dust caps which are a perfect fit

I know how hard they were to remove I had to use a cut down scuffold bar in the end, I will give this idea a try tomorrow, thanks for the advice

[Muttley]

Coming on, looks like a van again now

[RonTransitmk5]

I have all the old seat bolts & they will sit beneath the false floor level, so gonna grease them up & bung them in. Your idea is a great one fo r smaller holes

The exposed ends of the bolts will rust and seize in those holes, so refitting the seats may be a problem for the future, that's why I used the dust caps which are a perfect fit

I know how hard they were to remove I had to use a cut down scuffold bar in the end, I will give this idea a try tomorrow, thanks for the advice

Checked it out like I said I would altransit & works perfect Just need to buy or aquire 7 & I am sorted.