Thread: My new bestest friend: Mr. Squeeky

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Originally Posted by Henry Rifle

Wear safety glasses.

Words to live by.



Along with that, pay attention to where the sparks go.
Blow them back under a bench where sawdust may have collected starts a fire sometimes.

Before you start cutting up the floorboards, remove them and take the car for a short drive.
The squeak may not be where you think it is.

Grinding a minimal amount of wood out for clearance may not do it either.
There should be about 1" clearance between trans and floorboard.

Nice part about wood is it's heat insulating effect
Meaning, I'd build another wood floor before going to a steel one, then adding insulation, jute etc.

Thank you all for your safety warnings. My middle name is SAFE so I already always wear safety glasses whenether I drill or grind. I also wore gloves, full length sleeves, pants and always use a vice grip or one of the lock plyers (not sure what they "official" name is) to hold the object I am grinding.

Flamable objects are a good point, I will make sure to be very careful.

But for now Mr. Grinder is just sitting there with no task on his list. Just there in case I ever need him. Mr. Squeeky will not necessitate the grinder. For him I intend to use other torture devices, mostly hand operated, such as a hand file. I bought several to prepare for the torture session hehehehe.

Floor is all wood, and it seems that there is a first large panel that covers the whole floor but has a semi large hole near the stick shift, where tranny is biggest. Then there is a second piece of wood, much smaller (maybe 4 feet square or so) that covers that opening. It is probably nailed or bolted on the main floor board panel. I think that once I remove it I will see where trany is sitting. I believe it is not rubbing against the main floor board, only rubbing again the 4 feet square piece. I can then file down the areas where Mr. Squeeky is partying and send him back to Noid heaven (hopefully).

Since there is rain on our forecast for Monday, I think I will tackle all of this then .