B2 body bolts?

[rusty ol ranger]

Anyone know the size of the rear 2 body bolts that go through the rear sill/mounts into the frame?

Finally going to get the ass end on mine fixed this weekend and i doubt the factory bolts are going to survive.

Are they readily available at a hardware store? Or are they more speciality? I figure a grade 8 should work fine.

Thanks

 

[Uncle Gump]

They're likely metric...

12mm x 1.50 is my guess.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

They're likely metric...

12mm x 1.50 is my guess.

They were metric in my truck.

You will likely get hours of quality entertainment from this project.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

They were metric in my truck.

You will likely get hours of quality entertainment from this project.

Thats what im afraid of.

The guy helping me (hes good at welding/fab/etc) says it pry wont be as bad as i think. But we'll see.

First he said 18 hrs, then yesterday he said what i just typed above....hes one of those kind its hard to tell when hes serious or sarcastic. But either way it needs done.

The rear sill is literally falling down around the mounts. We are gonna remove the mounts and cut out the bottom of the sill, hopefully slide a piece of 2x4 rectangle tubing underneath the sill, and then build up from there.

Im excited though, kinda the last big puzzle piece to getting this thing road worthy. After this i just gotta finish the brakes (rear shoes/wheel cyls/bleed) and figure out the turn signal/brake light issue.

It gives me a good feeling to save this old stuff from the crusher.

 

[bronco2fan]

I've got a box of body mount bolts for my 84 from James Duff.