Re: [Mgs] Grill

[Michael MacLean via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net>]

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I took my pocket knife and scraped the paint out of one of the holes down t=
o bare metal.=C2=A0 The blind retainer was still too big for the hole.=C2=
=A0 The label on the plastic bag that Moss sent says the retainer is 0.187 =
OD.=C2=A0 Do these come in different sizes?Mike MacLean

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  On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 8:07 AM, PaulHunt73 via Mgs<mgs@autox.team.net> w=
rote:    Funnily enough the Parts catalogue states blind retainers througho=
ut, even though I had=C2=A0clips fitted from underneath on both my 73 and 7=
5.=C2=A0 The 73 did already have the=C2=A0blind fixings for the 'MGB' on th=
e=C2=A0boot lid.=C2=A0=C2=A0Fitting them to a new body is obviously going t=
o be different to 50 years down the line and who know how many repaints, wh=
ich is why I drilled mine out beforehand.=C2=A0 The pins on my replacement =
grilles are the same size as the ones that came off.=C2=A0PaulH.
 ----- Original Message -----  OK, I went out to the car to try it your way=
 Max.=C2=A0 Those friction retainers are to large of a diameter to push dow=
n into the holes in the hood.=C2=A0 The holes in the hood are just big enou=
gh to fit the oins on the grill.=C2=A0 I am not in favor of drilling those =
holes out.=C2=A0 It must have worked somehow differently from the factory.=
=C2=A0 Maybe it's=C2=A0 a replacement grill and the pins are oversize.
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I took my pocket knife and scraped the paint out of one of the holes down to 
bare metal.&nbsp; The blind retainer was still too big for the hole.&nbsp; The 
label on the plastic bag that Moss sent says the retainer is 0.187 OD.&nbsp; Do 
these come in different sizes?<div 
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<div>On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 8:07 AM, PaulHunt73 via 
Mgs</div><div>&lt;mgs@autox.team.net&gt; wrote:</div> </div> <div 
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<div><font size="2">Funnily enough the Parts catalogue states blind retainers 
throughout, even though I had&nbsp;clips fitted from underneath on both my 73 
and 75.&nbsp; The 73 did already have the&nbsp;blind fixings for the 'MGB' on 
the&nbsp;boot lid.&nbsp;&nbsp;Fitting them to a new body is obviously going to 
be different to 50 years down the line and who know how many repaints, which is 
why I drilled mine out beforehand.&nbsp; The pins on my replacement grilles are 
the same size as the ones that came off.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">PaulH.</font></div>
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  <div style="FONT:10pt arial;">----- Original Message ----- </div>
  <div>OK, I went out to the car to try it your way Max.&nbsp; Those friction 
  retainers are to large of a diameter to push down into the holes in the 
  hood.&nbsp; The holes in the hood are just big enough to fit the oins on the 
  grill.&nbsp; I am not in favor of drilling those holes out.&nbsp; It must 
have 
  worked somehow differently from the factory.&nbsp; Maybe it's&nbsp; a 
  replacement grill and the pins are 
oversize.</div></blockquote></div></div>_______________________________________________<br><br><a
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