Harry Flatters Posted November 10, 2001 Share Posted November 10, 2001 Sunday mornings' job is to remove the scuttle to change dash to carbon. Everything looks fairly straightforward except for the 2 flush rivets, one each side in the rearward corner just in front of the s/s sill protector. At present they are absolutely flush with the scuttle surface and are painted. I can drill them out OK but what do you replaced them with? Are they special rivets or are they just standard ones ground down and painted once the scuttle has been fitted? Any night birds with any answers?? Steve Mell PTM 88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Flatters Posted November 10, 2001 Author Share Posted November 10, 2001 Anyone awake out there?? Steve Mell PTM 88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyB Posted November 11, 2001 Share Posted November 11, 2001 Hi Steve, Yes, in California we are awake ! On my 1963 Lotus super Seven Cosworth, the rivets you refer to are screws on my car. They just screw into the "hoop" that the dash is attched to. The holes are just tapped with a size #6-32 thread and the machine screws are sort of ornamental with chrome heads. Hope this helps Tony Bates SB 1761 - 1963 Lotus super Seven Cosworth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Flatters Posted November 11, 2001 Author Share Posted November 11, 2001 Thanks for your input Tony, but has anyone else removed a scuttle that had these two rivets? And what did you replace them with? It's Sunday Morning & drill is poised! Steve Mell PTM 88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence_Z Posted November 11, 2001 Share Posted November 11, 2001 Hi You can drill them out and replace with countersink rivets... or Self tappers or as suggested tap the dash tube, or fit a rivnut... If you make a mess you can put a popper base on too... HTH Lawrence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFA Posted November 11, 2001 Share Posted November 11, 2001 Steve, Catehram do also use the really big rivets which hold the steering column to the back of the lower dash tube. These must ba ablout 20mm dia, so if you really screw it up here's a last resort..... Fat Arn The NOW PROVEN R500 Eaterid=red> See the Lotus Seven Club 4 Counties Area Website hereid=green> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Flatters Posted November 11, 2001 Author Share Posted November 11, 2001 Thanks lads. Drill's spinning. I'm going in!! Steve Mell PTM 88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelspeed Posted November 11, 2001 Share Posted November 11, 2001 I drilled mine out when I first removed the scuttle about 5 years ago. Never bothered replacing them with anything when I put the scuttle back and they've been missing since then. Not a problem. Later cars, post 96 perhaps, the scuttle design changed to fully flush and they don't have this small overlapping bit on the scuttle that needs the rivet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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