White230CE
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- Joined
- Jan 13, 2009
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- Location
- Hertfordshire
- Your Mercedes
- 1989 W124 230CE
Hi,
Took off the rear number plate of my 230CE because I saw rust peeping through from the panel underneath. It turned out that the 4 holes for the number plate screws had been bodged with rawl plugs.
Luckily, the rust hadn't taken much hold yet, so I was able to sand, clean and repaint, so the 4 holes are now back to how they should be.
Each hole is a hex shape, and the new nuts from Merc are like a mushroom, having a hex shaped stalk topped by a wider circular cap. The number-plate screws screw into the top of the mushroom.
Obviously, you push the stalk into the hole until the bottom of the cap rests against the panel. However, what is used to keep the mushroom 'planted' in place? Do I glue it, if so with what? Without any fixing, once I screw the number plate in, it could just pull out with the mushrooms attached! Tried pulling on the mushrooms fixed to my donor car, and they won't budge, so would like to achieve the same on the cannibal.
Thanks
Took off the rear number plate of my 230CE because I saw rust peeping through from the panel underneath. It turned out that the 4 holes for the number plate screws had been bodged with rawl plugs.
Luckily, the rust hadn't taken much hold yet, so I was able to sand, clean and repaint, so the 4 holes are now back to how they should be.
Each hole is a hex shape, and the new nuts from Merc are like a mushroom, having a hex shaped stalk topped by a wider circular cap. The number-plate screws screw into the top of the mushroom.
Obviously, you push the stalk into the hole until the bottom of the cap rests against the panel. However, what is used to keep the mushroom 'planted' in place? Do I glue it, if so with what? Without any fixing, once I screw the number plate in, it could just pull out with the mushrooms attached! Tried pulling on the mushrooms fixed to my donor car, and they won't budge, so would like to achieve the same on the cannibal.
Thanks