those metal-plate nuts are factory, the original cages were stamped steel spot welded on, and that's the problem, years later the cages break loose when the nuts are siezed and you try to moose the bolts too much

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics