[DeTomaso] Rear hatch striker plate mounting

[Larry Stock]

HI ROB

The early Deck lids are different so if some one is commenting on the
upper latch on a later ribbed deck lid, yours is different and doesn¹t
mount the same, but it can be modified to work, it¹s just different.The
lower latch should be the same, but if your mounting studs are broke off,
you either need to weld in new studs, which you are not wanting to do, or
drill it out and insert a 6 mm nut rivet. Then you can simply use a bolt
or more correctly, use a 6mm stud and lock-tite it in the threaded nut
rivet. You can but a Nut Rivet kit at your nearby Harbor Freight, they
actually work well for a Harbor Freight tool
.
Larry Stock

On 3/16/16, 6:06 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Larry - Ohio Time"
<detomaso-bounces at poca.com on behalf of Larry at ohiotimecorp.com> wrote:

>Rob,
>
>Tricks I have used to save my fingers and mind over the years.
>
>If it is a strait shot, but just out of reach, I would cut a hole in a
>cardboard strip the super glue the nut over the hole. Just slide it in.
>
>If it is in an odd ball location I have soldered the nut on to some solid
>copper wire, or welded the nut to a coat hanger (approved Italian method).
>Then bend it up to fit into the bolt location. Kind of like going
>fishin...
>
>Larry (has all my fingers) - Cleveland
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of Rob
>Dumoulin
>Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:12 PM
>To: Pantera - DeTomaso Mail List
>Subject: [DeTomaso] Rear hatch striker plate mounting
>
>When I got my car back from the painters, I found they had removed the
>rear
>striker plate on the hatch and could not reinstall it. Mine is an early
>model deck with no center seam. The metal seems too thin to tap threads
>into. When I got the car 6 years ago, the striker was always loose, so
>with
>considerable effort I slipped the largest nuts I could through the access
>holes and eventually got bolts to thread into them. Not a fun time.
>
>Is the deck supposed to be threaded?
>Are nuts supposed to be inside the deck lid?
>Is there some trick to ease the insanity?
>
>Inquiring minds and fingers less nimble than 6 years ago need to know.
>
>
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