Thread: What am I? Where do I belong?

I have a vague recollection that it is a Land Rover example of a captive nut (which other manufacturers would reject) and it lives at the rear of the front seat box at the base of what could be called the B pillar. It may even be the one that holds the bolts on the vertical part of the seat belt anchorage bracket.

I could be wrong, but that is where the grey cells are pointing me to.

Diana

p.s. I should get a copy of the manuals to have at work!

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

it lives at the rear of the front seat box at the base of what could be called the B pillar. It may even be the one that holds the bolts on the vertical part of the seat belt anchorage bracket.

Diana,

Hello and thanks.

I think you have got it right - I had a growing suspicion after I posted the thread that it might have been from around that area, hence the bracketed aside of "door sills".

I will have a closer look in that general area this evening.

Cheers,

Neil

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

I have a vague recollection that it is a Land Rover example of a captive nut (which other manufacturers would reject)

The same as those very commonly used in communications systems equipment racks.

Originally Posted by p38arover

The same as those very commonly used in communications systems equipment racks.

Yes but comms and computer racking is not subject to mud and salt accumulation and are likely to undo when you want it. (Unlike their use in older Land Rovers.)

In my experience those captive nuts and the ones under the trailing edge of the firewall footwells are the most likely to fail of all types of captive nuts.

I far prefer the welded nut plates or the type that clip over a joggled recess in a panel because they can't open up or spring out of place allowing the nut to turn without undoing.

Its called a "nut grip" in the Parts Catalogue, but its not in the SIII catalogue its in the 110 parts catalogue. And yes its fitted where I suggested.

What I don't know is if they were actually used in the late SIII or that someone has retrofitted the part from a 110 onto your SIII.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Its called a "nut grip" in the Parts Catalogue, but its not in the SIII catalogue its in the 110 parts catalogue. And yes its fitted where I suggested.

What I don't know is if they were actually used in the late SIII or that someone has retrofitted the part from a 110 onto your SIII.

Diana,

Hello again.

As before, your guess of the part and its location were correct - it holds the door sill onto the rear tub and also the seat belt bracket in place.



Looking at it more closely, it has all of the appearances of having been factory installed rather than some sort of later add on. The truck is a 1975 build.



It is the upper nut grip that had been displaced - probably when I put a bit of weight on the sill while ferreting around inside the cab on other tasks. Ignore the lower bolt - it is just shoved in there to hold the sill in place. The bracket that the nut grips are inserted within has square holes to take them that are too neat to have been done on anything other than a press.

Cheers,

Neil