They are called nutserts where I'm from.
Scott
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From: "Bill Crowe" <crowe99@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 3:46 PM
To: "North Bay British Car Club" <nobbc@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Speaking of hydraulics.
> maybe Rivnuts??? Aircraft Spruce carries them...
>
> Bill
>
> --- On Wed, 5/12/10, sirplb@aol.com <sirplb@aol.com> wrote:
>
> From: sirplb@aol.com <sirplb@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Speaking of hydraulics.
> To: nobbc@autox.team.net
> Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 3:25 PM
>
> Hi Deano,
>
> Some years ago (25-30) there were these nuts that could be installed with
> a
> pop-rivet type of gun in thin metal. If I remember correctly, they needed
> a
> hole just a little larger than the actual nut. (of course the brand name
> escapes me) Seemed to work fine at the time?!?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pat
>
> 74 JH 14858
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paige, Dean <DPaige@srcity.org>
> To: 'North Bay British Car Club' <nobbc@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Fri, May 7, 2010 9:54 am
> Subject: [Nobbc] Speaking of hydraulics.
>
>
> It looks like I may well get the Herman van den Akker Toyota 5 speed
> tranny
> onversion into the TR-6 this weekend. This after having to ship the tranny
> ack to southern Cal after UPS dropped the damn thing. In the mean time I
> leaned up the interior, put a new coat of paint on the floor pan etc etc.
> Have one small but big issue. The captive nut on the floor pan on the
> right
> ront of the drivers side seat gave up the ghost. The placement couldn't be
> orse. The hole in the floor pan is directly above the frame member there.
> How
> n the hell does one deal with this. Barely enough room to get even a
> screw
> river in the space. I thought of looking for something similar to metal
> xpanding molly fasteners used in hanging heavy objects on drywall. Haven't
> ooked yet to see if there is one available that will stand up to the
> stresses
> n the seat. Any advice is welcome.
> Deano
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