Posted by Dana on Thursday, October 30, 2003 at 9:07AM :
In Reply to: nameplate posted by David Pringle on Thursday, October 30, 2003 at 8:39AM :
I put "D-O-D-G-E" letters I stole from an old D100 Judd has, to put on the front of the hood of my M-37 (you can kind of see them in the photo, they had the same beveled back I needed, and I was tired of people asking, "What year's your Jeep?!?"). There was never meant to be any letters on the front, therefore I had to make my own holes. And on some of the holes there's just no room between the metal skin and structure metal behind it to get a nut on the back of the peg. At the local autoparts store there's this clay like substance (comes in a tube, looks like a roll of quarters) that's suppose to be as good as JB-Weld. Since you can knead this stuff (like clay) I made little balls of it, and stuffed it up behind the metal folds and squished it over the pegs. Once it dries, it holds up pretty well!! For a temporary fix, until you take the cowling off later, that might work!! You don't have to get your fat hand and a wrench up there, just reach up, feel where the pegs are and smoosh a wad of that stuff on the back. Even a kid you employee might be able to do that better than getting the little nut on the back!
It might work! My letters are still on the front! Good luck!
Dana