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Has anybody out there found a good fonctionnal replacement for the traditionnal captive nut ?

When replacing the floors on my 3A in the late seventies I never fitted the captive nuts that hold the tunnel in place. I was more agile in those days and it didin't seem to matter.

Now that I have got my gear box out and nearly ready to go back in I'm beginning to think ahead.

I don't have access to a spot welder and then if I did, I don't particularly want to do any repainting of the bits that inevitably get burned.

 

James

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Hi James,

many of the captives nuts are still with us. Which ones were you concerned with.

The door pull handle on the TR4/4A has gone - I use an M4 rivnut with a 1/4 backing washer and then tapped to 8/32UNC.

 

I'm sure rivnuts could be used in other places. Ali up to M8 is relatively easy to pull down - but they do not float about so need to be accurately sited.

 

Roger

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