> In a message dated 6/21/2007 6:35:09 AM Central Daylight Time,
> DLylis@aol.com
> writes:
>> I am trying to remove the windscreen stanchions on my 60 3A. First
>> issue
>> is
>> that the large slotted head machine screws (?) are frozen. I think
>> there
>> is
>> little advice that the list can offer in that regard other than cursing
>> and
>>
>> PB Blaster. I have managed to free one of them but it just turns in
>> place
>> and does not come out. What am I to expect here? Are these Dzus
>> fasteners
>> on
>> a 60, or are they machine screws? Is there any way that these can be
>> accessed from the inside? Eventually I am going to disassemble the car
>> for
>> body
>> work, but I am preparing myself for the ugly parts now.
>> TIA
>>
> Yes, they are Dzus fasteners and will not come out. They are captive to
> the
> windshield frame. The mating part of the fastener is attached to an
> aluminum
> block that is attached to the sheetmetal so they are not accessible from
> the
> inside. Alas. You best bet is lots of Blaster and a BIG screwdriver.
>
Y'know, I have only removed the windshield stanchions from my 1960 3A once,
but it seesm to me that they were, indeed, secured with machine screws, thus
implying that their are captive nuts under the sheet metal. I have this
vague recollection that the earlier TRs used Dzus fasteners, but that later
cars had screws. Maybe this change occurred when the other minor body
changes (mine has the later hood, for example) took place. But, as always,
I may be dreaming this.
Michael Marr
1960 TR3A
Plainfield, IL
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