International AR-110 Ute

you are quiet the crafty fella didnt even know you could get them rivit nut thingo's I have just spent a couple of days plug welding bits of steel into panels were those poxy things once were must admit I didnt even go looking for the rivnuts I thought it would be like a lot of that stuff no longer used well looks like Im wrong LOL

Did you use never seize on the threads so if you have to pull them off you wont end up in a big mess like I did ( Hmmmm that doesnt sound very good Paul ) but you know what I mean

Paul

Rivnut kits are readily available (with the correct installation tool) from tool shops and eBay.

Very handy to have around.

This lot call them nut inserts
profast.com.au/product-category/nut-inserts/
Cheers Steve

Paul
I use Alminox instead of never seize because that is what I have in my shed. Alminox is an electrical jointing compound that is essentially Zinc particles suspended in a petroleum base and is designed to provide improved electrical conductivity, minimise corrosion where dissimilar metals are in contact with each other and it doubles as never seize for me.
As Zuffen and BD59 say, you can get rivnuts or nut inserts from various places and when the proper installation tool is used, it is claimed that they are watertight. Some rivnut tools double as a pop rivet gun as well.

Is that the white paste stuff we use on heat sinks etc if so I never new the proper name for it when I ran out some years ago no body new what I was talking about not even me so I just use grease instead never though of never seize

Paul

Paul
White heatsink paste is not the same as Alminox. White heatsink paste has excellent thermal transfer properties and is also excellent at sticking to your fingers. The early white heatsink pastes were carciogenic and we had to use gloves when using it.
Alminox is a dark grey colour and is fantastic for preventing the white scale buildup you find where dissimilar metals are bolted together. We used it a lot for Marine electronics and for bolting HF antenna bases to aluminium or SS brackets, it is good stuff.

Cheers

I have finally had the Tonneau cover made which took longer than expected because they had to order in the Tonneau cover material that I wanted to use. I don't like the modern material because it is too shiny and the material I have chosen has a patterned matt finish with a woven cotton type lining on the bottom.

That looks smick

Graham,There's no doubt at all you do GOOD work...

very classy thats for sure

Paul