[DeTomaso] Deck lid hinge pins

Thomas Tornblom Thomas.Tornblom at hax.se
Sat Jan 17 11:53:56 EST 2009


I have drilled my pins and use pins like these to lock them in place:

http://www.farming.se/Produktkatalog/storbild.asp?bid=569040009.jpg&prodNamn=Fj%E4derpinne

Göran Malmberg skrev:
> To gain the full advantage of  an easy removed lid it must be
> possible to to just click loose and lift off. To speak for myself
> I do a lot intake work and will be able to sit there with a 
> straight back and a good garage roof illumination effect.
> 
> The pins is a little hided and tricky to reach with hands and 
> tools, which makes me think nuts will not be te very best 
> solution. I was also thinking about an L-shaped pin, easy to hold 
> in its end while sliding it out. and the other end a hinger style L 
> end hanging down. Just to lift up and slide out. 
> 
> Ahhh, even a hood pin is an engineering challenge...I will put it in 
> any of my hoodpin engineering books.
> Goran
> 
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