1-21-2017 – 4-speed shifter hump

Made a little progress on the trans hump patch…  First task was to find a rivet with an appropriate diameter – using this website as a reference.  I ended up going with a 1/8″ x 1/4″ rivet.

Using a 1/8″ drill bit, tested things on the old shifter hump:

Drilled rivets out:

Now to dive into things realizing I can drill the rivets out and weld-close the hole if I messed things up…  Re-studying the placement and starting with the area with the smallest space:

Getting a measurement (less than 1″).

Reference mark:

Getting an idea of where the shifter hump will go:

The dot marks the spot:

Drilled hole:

marked the hole:

Worse of the holes drilled and marked:

About as much fun as drilling out spot welds!

So after drilling all of the holes on the patch first, I started drilling and riveting the patch in.  Using a rivet as each hole was drilled:

Worse section done:

Of course, all of these rivets will have to be drilled out when I use the 3M bonding as a final step.

Getting an idea of placement.  The patch will have to be massaged into place – currently not a tight fit.  I have posted the link before, but this is the link I am using for the stock measurements: http://nastyz28.com/forum/threads/4-speed-hump-measurements-from-a-72.234718/

Next step will be to confirm the measurements and massage the shifter hump patch in place and also rivet in.  I will also be using the center console as a reference before riveting in,  Hopefully next weekend I will get that done.  The marks below show roughly when it will go: