Thank you for the offer. My Sole works just upgrading.
Ok,
Let’s talk about mounting.
I’m about to make something VERY easy for you, and show you an amazing trick.,
Get rid of the whole angled mounting bracket currently attached to the bulkhead. You’re going to mount the screen directly, and I have a wonderful way of doing this easily,, and getting the alignment spot, dead on.
Make a cardboard template of the tv size.
Mark on this template the 4 (I believe they are M5) mounting holes in the box formation on the back of the screen. Get these very accurate on your template.,
Use the cardboard template, tape it up to the bulkhead, and spend time being fully happy with placement & level.
Then, with a sharp point, transfer the 4 mounting holes to the bulkhead.
Drill the 4 holes just slightly oversize for the bolts. Make sure they are level & square to the surface.
Btw, I assume by this time you have full access to the back side inside above the clothes locker in the fwd cabin,
And here is the neatest trick in the universe,
The problem with trying to install thus tv “blind”, or anything else where you have to put in ratter short bolts from the back, and somehow find the threaded holes of what you are hanging up is a major pain.
You have one or two people trying to hold the tv against the bulkhead, moving it around, scratching up the wood, whike someone on the back side is frantically trying to get their bolt to line up with a thread on the back of the tv, which they can’t see.
So, first of all, the mounting bolts that came with the tv aren’t going to work.,
They are calculated to go into a sheet metal mount, not through the thickness of the bulkhead.
Step 1
Confirm screw thread. As mentioned, I think it’s m5, but you’ll confirm this once you go to Home Depot or wherever they have a good fastener selection.
Measure the bulkhead thickness. Buy 4 round head bolts, in the proper thread of this thickness plus 3/4”. Also, get flat washers, and split washers, and 4 nuts.
Now, buy another 4 bolts, at least 1” longer, i the same thread, The longer, the better.
Take the long screws, and cut off the heads as close to the head as possible.You don’t need to worry about fixing up the thread.
Go to the bulkhead where you drilled the 4 holes. Put a small piece of white masking tape 1” square approx over the hole, and punch a hole through the Center for the bolt to go through.. This is not critical. It’s just for easy sighting. A small screwdriver will work.
Now, get a flashlight.
Screw the 2 modified bolts (damaged thread outwards), into the top 2 Holes on the rectangular mounting location on the back of the tv. Just do this hand tight until you’ve gone in at least 1/2”
2 people lift the tv, one also holding the flashlight. As you are bringing the tv up to the bulkhead, simply align the treaded studs with the holes in the white tape.
Push the tv against the bulkhead, and it’s now simply hanging by tge studs, with you just lightly keeping it pushed against the bulkhead.
Then, the second person goes around back, and installs the 2 lower bolts, with flat & lock washers. Don’t tighten down dead snug yet.
From the back side, remove the long alignment bolts.
Then put in the top bolts, with flat & lock washers.
There will be a tiny bit of final alignment you can do, depending how much clearance there is in the mounting bolts.
Once happy, snug then all up.
This truck saves HUGE aggravation, and the chance of dropping the tv when mounting it
good luck!
