 Speaking of engine tin: Fasteners?, Looking for captive-nuts source |
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| mikeyb33 |
 Jul 11 2013, 03:56 PM
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Slightly-usedbie  Group: Members Posts: 84 Joined: 23-November 04 From: Santa Clara, CA Member No.: 3,168  |
Re. this thread, http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=214419
which reminded me I have a job on my car still unfinished - Engine compartment tin: Does anybody have a source for 'captive' nuts/fasteners, such as you see on the stock tin? I have some big gaps in the enclosure around my motor, a 3.6 conversion, which I expect won't accept any stock 914-6 tin. I had planned on doing hand mockup/fab of the needed parts to close it out. The final detail being, how to tie them all together, with minimal 'craft work' involved. Screws are easy to come up with, but what about the nut side. Captive being the most important feature of these of course... The captive nuts I've seen on VW tin appear to self-attach via square-punched holes in the metal. While such parts might be found w/o too much trouble, I think the mounting holes would be hard to duplicate without a lot of hand labor. If anyone can point me to a decent source for fasteners to do this job or a good alternative solution, I'd appreciate it! |
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| Cap'n Krusty |
Jul 11 2013, 04:04 PM
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Cap'n Krusty Group: Members Posts: 10,794 Joined: 24-June 04 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,246 Region Association: Central California |
The nuts on 914 and 911 tin are, for the most part, square pieces spot welded to the tin. The only exception being maybe the captive nuts that are incorporated into the oil cooler.
The Cap'n |
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| Harpo |
Jul 11 2013, 06:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,304 Joined: 21-August 11 From: Motor City aka Detroit Member No.: 13,469 Region Association: None |
What about a rivnut? Picture a rivit with a nut inside. They can be installed either by power or manually
David |
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| ConeDodger |
Jul 11 2013, 07:03 PM
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Apex killer! Group: Members Posts: 23,586 Joined: 31-December 04 From: Tahoe Area Member No.: 3,380 Region Association: Northern California 
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Glass them in. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/evilgrin.gif) I've seen it done. I think it was McMark who did it...
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| mrbubblehead |
Jul 11 2013, 07:18 PM
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Twodollardoug Group: Members Posts: 1,155 Joined: 17-December 10 From: calimesa ca. Member No.: 12,492 Region Association: Southern California |
my vote is for 6mm rivnuts. thats what i used.
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