Or put a dab of JB Weld in the hole..........
A. Daniel Cronin
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From: "Dave1massey@cs.com"
<Dave1massey@cs.com>
To: ahwahnee18@gmail.com; FGFO1@aol.com
Cc:
triumphs@autox.team.net
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 8:18:02 AM
Subject: Re:
[TR] vin tags
In a message dated 4/26/2009 7:38:42 PM Central Daylight Time,
ahwahnee18@gmail.com writes:
> I just used pop rivets of a similar size.
Only slight difference I
> noticed
> was that the center of the new rivet is
a hole whereas the original
> appeared
> to have something in that hole. I
could have probably duplicated that
> look but really didn't think it
important.
>
>
There are pop rivets and there are pop rivets. I doubt the
factory used
anything terribly exotic here but they probably used what is
sometimes called
a closed end rivet. This rivet doesn't leave a hole but is
solid. This may
have been an attempt to provide fewer entry points for
water.
http://www.hansonrivet.com/w22.htm
Dave
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