Well it finally happened --
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From: Beautiful Down Town "SWINDLEHURST" Long Island NY
Well it finally happened --
The threads are stripped out in the front left ( driver side ) hatch 
I'm not to keen too drive around with only 3 tight
Best ideas
I did a search - nothing
PS - And I posted in the wrong place
I'm not to keen too drive around with only 3 tight
Best ideas
I did a search - nothing
PS - And I posted in the wrong place
Last edited by RICEKILA; May 9, 2010 at 12:14 PM.
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Safety Car
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From: Beautiful Down Town "SWINDLEHURST" Long Island NY
Now I know - Why you have all those star's
Any guess for the bolt size? I show 20 threads per inch
And of course being a "84"
I cant just pop-in a new plate
Any guess for the bolt size? I show 20 threads per inch
And of course being a "84"
I cant just pop-in a new plate
Last edited by RICEKILA; May 10, 2010 at 06:36 PM.
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I'm scratching my head trying to figure out what the "hatch" is.
Have you considered time-serts? They are like helicoils, only solid.
http://www.timesert.com/
Have you considered time-serts? They are like helicoils, only solid.
http://www.timesert.com/
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I'm scratching my head trying to figure out what the "hatch" is.
Have you considered time-serts? They are like helicoils, only solid.
http://www.timesert.com/
Have you considered time-serts? They are like helicoils, only solid.
http://www.timesert.com/
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Safety Car
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From: Beautiful Down Town "SWINDLEHURST" Long Island NY
'tanks" 
So is mine
I went to Manny / Mo and Jacks and found the OEM brand "Fix-A-Thread" $29.99
Not to bad.
Drilled out the old threads with the recomended 21/64ths bit
Cut the new threads with the supplied tap
The incert went in ez-er than I thought it should I didn't use any loctite ?
But the bolt holds nice and tight
I'm so happy now
So is mine
I went to Manny / Mo and Jacks and found the OEM brand "Fix-A-Thread" $29.99
Not to bad.Drilled out the old threads with the recomended 21/64ths bit
Cut the new threads with the supplied tap
The incert went in ez-er than I thought it should
I didn't use any loctite ? But the bolt holds nice and tight
I'm so happy now
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'tanks"
So is mine
I went to Manny / Mo and Jacks and found the OEM brand "Fix-A-Thread" $29.99 Not to bad.
Drilled out the old threads with the recomended 21/64ths bit
Cut the new threads with the supplied tap
The incert went in ez-er than I thought it should I didn't use any loctite ?
But the bolt holds nice and tight
I'm so happy now
So is mine
I went to Manny / Mo and Jacks and found the OEM brand "Fix-A-Thread" $29.99
Not to bad.Drilled out the old threads with the recomended 21/64ths bit
Cut the new threads with the supplied tap
The incert went in ez-er than I thought it should
I didn't use any loctite ? But the bolt holds nice and tight
I'm so happy now