Re: [DML] Engine Compartment Cover Latch

[mike.griese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

There is supposed to be a threaded insert in the engine cover to 
attach the loop.  My car was missing this insert as well.  I got one
at a hardware store and epoxied it into the hole.  A stop nut will allow
you to adjust the loop so it catches properly.

--
Mike


-------------- Original message from "sweetp01569" <sweetp01569@xxxxxxxxx>: -------------- 


> I have about four repair issues going on at once, but here's another 
> one. When I bought my car, there was no catch on the engine 
> compartment cover (the little triangular loop on the underside). I 
> ordered the piece, which is threaded, but there is nothing to attach 
> the threads to on the underside of the cover. There is a hole 
> underneath that does not go all the way through, nor is there any type 
> of imbedded nut to grab onto. I tried drilling the hole all the way 
> through, and using a nut and washer on the top side, but this places 
> the latch piece too high to grab the locking mechanism below. What am 
> I missing here? The parts catalog show this in the diagram with a 
> number 50 callout number, but then it's not listed in the parts list, 
> which stops at 49. The exploded parts view shows what looks like a 
> nut that this attaches to, but the part I ordered did not come with a 
> nut. Do I have to glue a nut inside the hole. 
> 
> Thanks for any help, 
> 
> Paul 

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