I took a fine black marker and marked the edge of the new pan with the edge of the old/new
piece I'm putting in, getting ready to cut it with a thin 3M cutting wheel on die grinder.




I don't know why I took this picture. I guess because I'm 66 years old.




I took a picture of the cage nut because people keep asking about them on different
forums, so I figured I'd put this on the site so I can refer them to what one looks like.
There is a square nut underneath that cage, but they usually have a broken bolt sticking
in them. Anyway when you go to fix them, the side of the cage that holds the square
nut will be torn. Because one side is out, the nut will spin. Usually to get at these
it's best to go through from the inside of the car through the floor. There is normally
a hump in the floor where the cage nut is located. If you cut an "L" shaped hole in the
floor about 1/8" deep you can peel it back like a can opener, take your cut off wheel
or Dremel cut off wheel and cut the cage open a little more and get the nut out.

Once you get the frozen bolt out of the nut it's best to run a tap through it, then
put it back in the cage, bend the sides up or weld a little piece of metal in there,
whatever, but make sure that the nut will move around in there without spinning 
around and around.




Another view of the cage with the nut inside of it.




I have the support back in place and I'm doing the old drill and sheet metal screw 
scenario. Remember when I marked the 8" from the support out to a spot on the floor
pan? Well keep that distance otherwise the support might get off and because it has
a cage nut in it, you should keep it on the money.



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