[Mgs] Grill

[Barney Gaylord]

I seem to recall those clips were originally very 
thin Tinnerman clips.  So if current supply is 
indeed thicker plastic, then yes you would need 
to drill out the holes for fitting.


At 01:54 AM 5/19/2020, Michael MacLean via Mgs wrote:
>I would have to drill out the metal to get these 
>retainers to drop in the holes and still have 
>room for the pin, even with a friction fit.
>Mike


>On Monday, May 18, 2020, 10:33:03 PM PDT, Max Heim <mvheim at sonic.net> wrote:
>
>Hmm, well, now that you mention it, I think I 
>scrounged up my own plastic retainers, since I 
>didn’t buy a new grill — I was just refitting 
>an old one after painting. And I may have had to 
>open up the holes a little, since they had paint build-up.


>>On May 18, 2020, at 9:12 PM, Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net> wrote:
>>
>>OK, I went out to the car to try it your way 
>>Max.  Those friction retainers are to large of 
>>a diameter to push down into the holes in the 
>>hood.  The holes in the hood are just big 
>>enough to fit the oins on the grill.  I am not 
>>in favor of drilling those holes out.  It must 
>>have worked somehow differently from the 
>>factory.  Maybe it's  a replacement grill and 
>>the pins are oversize.  Nonetheless, the blind 
>>friction retainers are too big to fit in the holes.  Back to square one.
>>Mike MacLean
>>1969 MGB GT
>>1960 Bugeye
>>1956 Austin Healey 100 LeMans



>>On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 5:14 PM, Michael MacLean via Mgs
>><mgs at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>Now that makes sense.  Thank you Max.  I was 
>>racking my brain trying to figure out how to 
>>force them on the pins from below. DUH!
>>Mike


>>On Monday, May 18, 2020, 4:19:45 PM PDT, Max Heim <mvheim at sonic.net> wrote:
>>
>>You shove the plastic retainers into the holes 
>>from above. Then stab the grill surround into 
>>them. They are not “nuts”, they are friction retainers.
>>--
>>Max Heim
>>'66 MGB


>>>On May 18, 2020, at 4:09 PM, Michael MacLean 
>>>via Mgs <<mailto:mgs at autox.team.net>mgs at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>Has anyone installed the small grill in front 
>>>of the windshield recently?  I was surprised 
>>>to find mine was just dropped into position 
>>>with nothing to retain the pins.  I bought the 
>>>little plastic being sleeves that you slip 
>>>over the pins to retain the grill that Moss 
>>>sells, but for the life of me I can't figure 
>>>out how to put them on.  Kind of tough from 
>>>above.  I am beginning to understand why I found the grill that way.
>>>
>>>Mike MacLean
>>>1969 MGB GT
>>>60 Bugeye
>>>1956 Austin Healey 100 LeMans
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