[Healeys] Carpet install question, almost half way done.

[BJ8 Healeys]

Patton, I use an ice pick as an awl for such purposes.  You can poke around on and through the carpet quite a bit and no damage will be visible.  Of course, if you have access to the back side of the holes, so much the better.

Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC  USA

---- Patton Dickson <57healey at gmail.com> wrote: 
> My wife is helping me instal the carpet this weekend, and we have made
> pretty good progress.  All of the glued in pieces are glued, and the
> stopping point for the night was installing the gearbox forward
> bulkhead panel.  With all of the carpet installed, I am having a devil
> of the time finding the holes for the 3 trim screws /cup washers down
> each side.   I am afraid I am going to hack the carpet up if I keep
> poking.  Any suggestions or shortcuts on how to find them?
> 
> Thanks
> Patton