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Date:         Sat, 16 Jul 2011 10:25:52 -0700
Reply-To:     BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: truck nut plate
Comments: To: ed donnen <spliced.surprise@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <CAFwVvJAoLYGoWr-b5ECbKZ=3q2WnRg2ROPJyLAO5C=P_tGMDJA@mail.gmail.com>
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Where, pray tell, are these magical floating plates?

BenT

sent from my floating plates

On Jul 16, 2011, at 9:07 AM, ed donnen <spliced.surprise@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> SO here I am, working on the tool panel door frame when a nut plate fallls

> out due to rust. "Oh Poo," I say > (I actually said Poo). Then I think about all the clever ways I can > weld/epoxy it back in place. But now, as > I look further into the matter, the nut plate itself does not appear to be

> locked into one place. Could it be these are "floating" nut plates within a > spot welded frame to the frame member? I would rather not cut a big piece

> out and fabricate a replacement part out and then try to allign the nut > plates into position with the tool panel door. > My thought is to scrape rust as best I can, convert remaining rust back to

> metal, then do something to let the nut plates remain in place but "float." > Does this sound reasonable? Any thoughts on containing the nut plates when > the original "Frame" is gone? > ed- from my electronic ball and chain (I have a stand alone server.) [that's > for you BenT]


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