Niels,
The rivets are hardened steel and are difficult to drill without the
drill wandering. Try using a very hard punch to form a starting point
with your drill bit then start with a small sharp drill bit. I have
only tried this once before and I ended up damaging the plate but I
did not know what I was doing at the time. I am preparing to remove
an engine plate but I bought a new one (stamped with my engine
number) from Clarke Spares to have on hand should I damage the existing one.
John
At 08:55 PM 7/9/2011 +0200, you wrote:
>Planning to clean up the engine block on my BJ8, can you somehow take off the
>engine number plate without damaging it, are the rivets possible to get out
>somehow?
>
>Niels
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