[DeTomaso] Rear quarter vents

[Will Kooiman]

That¹s what I did to mine.  I don¹t remember all the details.  I just
remember that some were broken and I drilled, tapped, and secured with JB
Weld - which is probably stronger than the pot metal.

On 10/10/15, 1:43 AM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Mike Drew via DeTomaso"
<detomaso-bounces at poca.com on behalf of detomaso at poca.com> wrote:

>Ed,
>
>There were three different types of ornaments. The second, and I presume
>the first style were retained with wing nuts. I would guess they are M4
>or M5. 
>
>The third style were retained by plastic retainer hoozits.
>
>
>
>I would assume if yours are broken, you could drill and tap a hole and
>then secure a stud with JB Weld or similar?
>
>Mike
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>On Oct 9, 2015, at 20:47, Ed Mendez <edducati at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Anyone have a picture of the back side of the rear quarter decorative
>>vents? And what is the thread size on the 4 mounting posts supposed to
>>be? 6-8mm? x ?
>> 
>> If the threads on the posts are stripped; it appears to be pot metal,
>>what can you use to fill the holes and re-drill and tap the new threads?
>>JB Weld?
>> 
>> Thanks Ed
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone 6 Plus
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