Date:         Tue, 12 May 2009 10:54:53 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike Collum <collum@MYFAIRPOINT.NET>
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From:         Mike Collum <collum@MYFAIRPOINT.NET>
Subject:      Re: broken gas pedal
Comments: To: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
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Kim Brennan wrote:
 > Bah. Replacing the rivets with oh, say, new rivets, is a one person
 > job, takes only a couple of minutes, and will last another 20 years.

That's assuming the holes in the floorboard are still perfect.  Also, it
would be better, even with good holes, to put washers on the underside
which would still necessitate two people.

When I did my first one, I didn't have nyloc nuts so I double nutted the
underside.

Mike

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