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Old 02-28-2018, 10:59 PM   #129
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Re: Big Bird - 1972 Longhorn K30

Working on cleaning up the outer heater box waiting on parts. Reconditioned the heater controls. I don't like the look of the standard rivets so I went with the same rivets that are used for vent window weather stripping. It think it looks cleaner. In order to make it work I ground down the existing molded rivets. Then I took a 1/8 bit and drilled through the faceplate using the molded rivet center as a guide. I then drilled out with a 5/32 bit. On the front I had to counter sink the faceplate just a little to get enough length to get a good bite with this particular rivet. The bit I used to counter sink is a 13/64 I think. I went down just enough to get through the stripped faceplate. I am real happy with how it turned out even the my faceplate wasn't much to begin with but it is the best I had on hand. When putting back together I sprayed the cables down with PB Blaster to loosen and lube things up.
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Big Bird - 1972 Longhorn K30
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