mleadbeater Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 Hi, You may be familiar with aluminium Rivnuts, which are a threaded insert attached to a thin panel, bulkhead, or chassis . But did you know they are also available in rubber, with a brass threaded insert. They are a dead easy way to attach non load bearing items to car structures, needing no crimping tool and just needing a clearance hole. Great for attaching fuse boxes, screen wash reservoirs, pipe clips, loom clips, etc to any panel, needing no access to the inside. They simply compress the rubber on tightening, forming a seal as well as fixing securely. Just used some to re-attach my fusebox and wash reservoir to my ‘6, using M5 / 2ba screws. Available on ebay in many metric sizes, highly recommended, hope this is of interest. Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jonny TR6 Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 Useful - thanks Mike. Easier to remove as well methinks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 IIRC Screen washer bottle bracket was always attached with them. Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mleadbeater Posted February 12 Author Report Share Posted February 12 yes indeed, M5 nuts went straight in. Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueTR3A-5EKT Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 Original is 10-32 unf threaded Rawlnuts. They came in bulk from a Rawlplug stockist. Owletts. Latterly they arrived as Rawlnut and screw in a metric “that’ll do” size. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jonny TR6 Posted February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 Another 9 darter from Peter ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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