Re: [MBZ] Get'r Done! License plate version
Exactly, bend up the old plate at the ends, screw the new on top of the old. Use shallow screws so they don't hit the body. Plates are soft aluminum, rusted screws that won't come out are steel, much easier to make new holes in the plates. Crude but effective, faster, and if needed I can remove the new plate and transfer to another car. Max Dillon Charleston SC Jul 4, 2020 1:29:52 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes : > On Sat, July 4, 2020 12:59 pm, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: >> If you are going to "punch some new holes" with a drill, just drill out >> the old screws and be done with it ... > > I think he was talking about punching holes in the old plate and screwing > the new to the old. But I don't know how to do that without bending up the > old plate so the new won't lay flat. > > I'd just get a tube of silicone caulk and glue the new plate onto the old > one. > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Get'r Done! License plate version
On Sat, July 4, 2020 12:59 pm, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > If you are going to "punch some new holes" with a drill, just drill out > the old screws and be done with it ... I think he was talking about punching holes in the old plate and screwing the new to the old. But I don't know how to do that without bending up the old plate so the new won't lay flat. I'd just get a tube of silicone caulk and glue the new plate onto the old one. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Get'r Done! License plate version
If you are going to "punch some new holes" with a drill, just drill out the old screws and be done with it ... On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 10:01 AM Max Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The fasteners holding the plate won't come loose, and I've got to put a > new plate on. Soaked them for a few days with Kroil, but these fasteners > seem to be corroded in place. They were hardware store bought, and that > particular store did not have the screws in stainless steel. > > I think I'm going to just punch some new holes in the plates and screw > down the new plate over the old. > > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Get'r Done! License plate version
The fasteners holding the plate won't come loose, and I've got to put a new plate on. Soaked them for a few days with Kroil, but these fasteners seem to be corroded in place. They were hardware store bought, and that particular store did not have the screws in stainless steel. I think I'm going to just punch some new holes in the plates and screw down the new plate over the old. Max Dillon Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
