Door Ajar Bubba fix
Drifting
Joined: Aug 2003
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From: Mascoutah IL
Looks good, and required a great deal of patience on your part... Good for you!!!
I wimped out and fiberglassed mine in...
Sorry, didn't take any pics when I glassed it... It has primer on it now and looks good...
Rogman
I wimped out and fiberglassed mine in...
Sorry, didn't take any pics when I glassed it... It has primer on it now and looks good...
Rogman
Former Vendor
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 76,656
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From: Jeffersonville Indiana 812-288-7103
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
Well that’s one way to do it I’ve never tried, but it looks great.
I make the plates (found here) for the switches that most major vendors carry and this is no easy job. For those that try this without cutting the jamb panel it requires even more patience and trickery.
To install the plates without cutting you have to feed a stiff wire through the original hole, slide the plate on the wire and then let it slide in place. Once I place you must hold it and then get a rivet in there. We use a tiny 90 degree pick to hold it in place while we use a pop rivet to secure it.
Not easy but very do-able. And… one last note: Make sure to attach your ground wire to the plate.
Willcox
I make the plates (found here) for the switches that most major vendors carry and this is no easy job. For those that try this without cutting the jamb panel it requires even more patience and trickery.
To install the plates without cutting you have to feed a stiff wire through the original hole, slide the plate on the wire and then let it slide in place. Once I place you must hold it and then get a rivet in there. We use a tiny 90 degree pick to hold it in place while we use a pop rivet to secure it.
Not easy but very do-able. And… one last note: Make sure to attach your ground wire to the plate.
Willcox
Drifting
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 1,868
Likes: 13
From: Mascoutah IL
Well that’s one way to do it I’ve never tried, but it looks great.
I make the plates (found here) for the switches that most major vendors carry and this is no easy job. For those that try this without cutting the jamb panel it requires even more patience and trickery.
To install the plates without cutting you have to feed a stiff wire through the original hole, slide the plate on the wire and then let it slide in place. Once I place you must hold it and then get a rivet in there. We use a tiny 90 degree pick to hold it in place while we use a pop rivet to secure it.
Not easy but very do-able. And… one last note: Make sure to attach your ground wire to the plate.
Willcox
I make the plates (found here) for the switches that most major vendors carry and this is no easy job. For those that try this without cutting the jamb panel it requires even more patience and trickery.
To install the plates without cutting you have to feed a stiff wire through the original hole, slide the plate on the wire and then let it slide in place. Once I place you must hold it and then get a rivet in there. We use a tiny 90 degree pick to hold it in place while we use a pop rivet to secure it.
Not easy but very do-able. And… one last note: Make sure to attach your ground wire to the plate.
Willcox
Rogman
Former Vendor
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 76,656
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From: Jeffersonville Indiana 812-288-7103
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
Willcox , thanks for the install tip!! i actually have a pair of those but are shaped different and are way to big to fit thru the BC hole. I will grind some off when i do the other side.........guess I shoulda bought mine from you 
, you will get my next order for sure.
as for the stiff wire tip I think I will also tie a piece of dental floss to the plate (thru one of the rivet holes) and run that out thru the access door in case the plate decides to slip and fall into the black hole.
, you will get my next order for sure.as for the stiff wire tip I think I will also tie a piece of dental floss to the plate (thru one of the rivet holes) and run that out thru the access door in case the plate decides to slip and fall into the black hole.
Without modifying your brackets to look like mine you won't get those in there. They must have the relief to fit through the hole. In the picture I posted below, the one on the left is an original plate. The third hole is for the ground wire and the screw was a slotted head screw if you can believe that...
Now.. if you look at the side that is cut off on mine, and you want to make the installation easier.. do it on both sides. You'll find the bracket will fit through the hole way easier with both sides cut. If you do this solder the ground wire on the plate, you won't have room for another hole. You do that, feed a wire though there and that bracket will slide right in place.
Last edited by Willcox Corvette; Dec 15, 2012 at 03:46 PM.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2009
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From: Lake Norman, NC
Willcox's plate looks great! I think I saw that it was introduced after I did my repair. IF I was doing it again, I'd buy/use the Willcox part.
BTW, after a couple seasons now, my repair is holding as it did when I made it.
BTW, after a couple seasons now, my repair is holding as it did when I made it.
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Former Vendor
Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Jeffersonville Indiana 812-288-7103
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
Great Job Ed.... 
Didn't mean to "Shame" you into it.. LOL...
The string trick makes this easy work.. well sort of..
Happy Holiday's.
Ernie
Didn't mean to "Shame" you into it.. LOL... The string trick makes this easy work.. well sort of..
Happy Holiday's.
Ernie