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[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

Stupidly thought I'd get a bit done on the project this afternoon, and as I'm sick of tripping over the front subframe I thought Id bolt it up.

I have done everything nice and slow with a coffee break every, ooh, four minutes. My blood type is "caffeinated".

However it feels like the drivers side rear bolt is binding rather than tightening. At the moment the frame is resting on jack and stands with four loose bolts.

It is a captive nut inside the chassis rail, I'm sure, but it seems like it has developed a taste for freedom. In a rare moment of good sense I have closed the bonnet and walked away rather than going full Basil Fawlty as I usually do.

I haven't looked at it yet, too busy sulking, but I am now planning ahead to one evening this week when I can set to with my swear jar - firstly if it is no longer captive is there (supposed to be) a proper hex head I can get my tame assistant to hold a socket on while I tighten the bolt in?

Or... Other alternatives? I suspect I can't get the welder in the hole but in any case it's all got lovely fresh paint I'm not keen on burning off again... But I value having a properly safe and secure attachment for the subframe.

I can't remember if it came out cleanly or fought me, it was months ago.

[Doctor Gollum]

You might find a finger access in the chassis rail in order to get behind it whilst you booger weld it in place

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

Update on this - bit of debris in the nut had buggered the end of the bolt so it wasn't actually winding in, just hanging on the debris and spinning.

Thread cleaning tap through the nut and I'm awaiting two new shiny bolts. Bob's your mum's brother.