Securing under-dash air con in Defender ?

[VladTepes]

The under-dash air con on my Defender has fallen down on account of the screws stripping out of their holes in the dash. These are already larger than normal screws (the previous owner must have had the same problem with the originals).

Short of using screws the same gauge as a railway, is there any better means of securing the air con to the dash?

Perhaps some sort of nutsert arrangement in the plastic or…. ?

Someone might know of suitable clips / fasteners ?

[Ivan]

I would use Rivnutts. If the holes are big enough they will pop straight in, if not you can always drill them out to accept an M4 Rivnutt. If you want to see what they are like, and try some, pop over to my place as I have Rivnutts and the tool for inerting them.
Sorry missed your line about Nutserts (I assume that's what they are called over here).
HTH

Ivan

[VladTepes]

I'll do that Ivan thanks.
I'll be in touch.

[VladTepes]

Is the tool specific to a size of nut or does it cover various ones?

Anyone got any idea of cost of the tool and teh nuts here in Aus ?

[scottygc]

i was just looking here yesterday for the same sort of info

check out this website it explains a lot

Rivets Rivnuts & Tooling - Dafra - Melbourne (03) 9555 6872 (http://www.dafra.com.au/)

they are not cheap so if you can borrow one would be better


good luck

[Ivan]

You can borrow mine if you want. I think it has M4, M6 and M8 tools to insert the rivnutts.
I have M4 rivnutts if you need some.

Ivan