DaveFJ
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| posted on 23/6/04 at 10:57 AM |
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attaching rear tunnel side panels
What have others done about fixing the lower edge of the rear side panels for the tunnel ?
Ths gap is not big enough to fit a hand riveter into....
I have thought about bending a flap inwards and riveting to the top tube but I think this will be very difficult to get right.
I don't really want to 'just glue it'
So anyone got any hints ?
Dave
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tractorboy
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| posted on 23/6/04 at 01:54 PM |
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not 100% sure where you mean? do you mean the lower edge by the inboard seat belt anchorage point?adjacent to where your left leg will be.where it
meets the floor pan?
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 23/6/04 at 02:04 PM |
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does this (very rough ) sketch help?
 
riveting problem
Dave
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tractorboy
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| posted on 23/6/04 at 02:27 PM |
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i think i made an angle and used it to bring the rivet line clear of the seat support bar.either make one long angle or a series of short angles.rivet
one through the tunnel panel and the other through the floor panel.also this saves drilling unnessacery holes in the lower chassis rail.
scott aka tractorboy
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tractorboy
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| posted on 23/6/04 at 02:29 PM |
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ps i will be coming over to ipswich if it ever stops raining long enough! got to show the car off to my dad(he lives near asda )
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 23/6/04 at 02:51 PM |
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looking forward to seeing your car.
cheers
Dave
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Northy
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| posted on 23/6/04 at 03:54 PM |
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I managed to drill down there! I used an agle drill attachment and a cut down drill bit. It is possible!
Cheers
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing! 
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 23/6/04 at 03:57 PM |
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how bout velcro on a roll?
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 23/6/04 at 04:00 PM |
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drilling isn't a problem, it's getting a rivetter into position.... the head of the rivet gun is just too big..
Dave
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Northy
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| posted on 23/6/04 at 04:40 PM |
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Mine are screwed on, but suppose Rivnut tool would be very similar. Must have got it in somehow! 
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing!
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
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Viper
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| posted on 23/6/04 at 05:24 PM |
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i riveted mine down there with no problems.
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 24/6/04 at 07:35 AM |
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measured the gap last night and it is 80mm at it's minimum. my rivet gun's head is 90mm (not including the rivet!). so i guess i am on the
lookout for a smaller gun?
Dave
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