I agree totally with Pete. I did that with the "Datsun" scripts on my
front fenders. The pins broke off, so I drilled them out and threaded
the holes. I cut off some screws with the same thread and used locktite
to fix them into the scripts. Nuts and lock washers inside the fenders
worked very well. That was about 10 years ago and they are still holding
fast.
Peace,
Pat
Thusly spake Pete Peters:
> The rear hatch handle on my 411 has a similar problem. It attached with 3
> machine screws, however, the female ends in the handle are stripped or
> broken. My plan is gender reassignment by JB Welding machine screws into the
> females and using nuts/lock washers to hold the handle to the rear hatch.
>
> ` ___ '
> Pete - (O o) -
> ------------------ooO--(_)--Ooo----
> Lake Forest Park, WA
> 1966 1600 SPL311
> 1966 L20B WPL411
> 1971 1.7L Porsche 914
> plus 2 cars, a truck & a motorcycle
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@Autox.Team.Net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@Autox.Team.Net] On Behalf Of Jones Barton
> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 6:46 PM
> To: datsun-roadsters
> Subject: Broken Tabs
>
>
> Hi Everybody,
>
> On putting my 1969 1600 back together after painting, I have some broken
> tabs on the side panel lights that are real expensive to replace or are no
> longer available When faced with broken tabs that keep the light on the car
> what work arounds have you used. I thought about using a machine screw but
> it does not look like there is enough metal to bite into.
>
> Jones Barton
> Steilacoom WA
> 1969 1600
>
>
>
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