Re: Hood Ornament Hardware
Posted by BigKev On 2009/6/22 20:25:27
Thanks, that was the exact size I needed!
I went over to Lowes and bought 10/24 x 1/2 inch stainless steel oval head screws, and #10 finish washers. I asked for cup washers and they looked at me odd. I guess finish washers are the new name for them unless those are something different.
So home I go with the hardware, and then I go to test fit the ornament on the hood and discover I am 2 holes short. I forgot that the standard Clipper ornament was shorter. So I traced the ornament on the hood, marked the center line and measures out the two additional holes I needed in the hood. I just used a step-bit to drill the two additional holes. The hole in the front is pretty small as it only needs the screw to pass through. The new hole in the rear has to be bigger similar to the other two rear holes as the ornament posts actually pass through the holes and act as alignment pins. Only problem I had is that on the holes where the posts stick through hood, the finish washers were not deep enough to make the ornament fit flush. So I slipped a rubber grommet under the finish washers on those holes to act as a spacer. There must be a thick large hole washer that is supposed to be used on those ones.
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I went over to Lowes and bought 10/24 x 1/2 inch stainless steel oval head screws, and #10 finish washers. I asked for cup washers and they looked at me odd. I guess finish washers are the new name for them unless those are something different.
So home I go with the hardware, and then I go to test fit the ornament on the hood and discover I am 2 holes short. I forgot that the standard Clipper ornament was shorter. So I traced the ornament on the hood, marked the center line and measures out the two additional holes I needed in the hood. I just used a step-bit to drill the two additional holes. The hole in the front is pretty small as it only needs the screw to pass through. The new hole in the rear has to be bigger similar to the other two rear holes as the ornament posts actually pass through the holes and act as alignment pins. Only problem I had is that on the holes where the posts stick through hood, the finish washers were not deep enough to make the ornament fit flush. So I slipped a rubber grommet under the finish washers on those holes to act as a spacer. There must be a thick large hole washer that is supposed to be used on those ones.
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