Date:         Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:39:59 -0400
Reply-To:     ed donnen <spliced.surprise@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         ed donnen <spliced.surprise@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: truck nut plate
Comments: To: BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com>
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OH yeah, the nut plates are cradled in the body arch opening for the tool
panel door hinge.  If you get really uncomfortable and bend in backwards
into the tool panel opening far enough, being careful to run your spine
along the lower door lock thingy (technical term) you can see them, or at
least the rust that was them.

On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 1:25 PM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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]
>