Thread: My 1955 86" rebuild.

Could this device work to set those Land Rover rivets, what do you think?

Ref; Combine Knife Rivet Tool Tractor Harvestor Header HAY Mower | eBay


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Originally Posted by 1950landy

Could you post a photo of the tool you are using on the solid rivets , I would like to make one & would like to see what it looks lke under the capping.
My solid rivets are held in with speed nuts & have been for the last 25 plus years

hi wayne bob jones tankman in uk makes the tool and to a high standard and supplys rivvitss jim

Wayne, I don't have the tool anymore, I gave it back to it's owner, as he needed to use it. I haven't been able to do anything as my L knee has ?? my diagnosis 'Tendonitis', bloody sore I can tell you, anyway cheers Dennis

I will check tomorrow to see if I have a rivetting snap to fit lr rivets,
this means I will have to take a sample to work,
a good reason to drive an old lr to work!


I had lr type aircraft rivets, but not sure what I have now.

Originally Posted by wrinklearthur

Could this device work to set those Land Rover rivets, what do you think?

Ref; Combine Knife Rivet Tool Tractor Harvestor Header HAY Mower | eBay


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Arthur,

Hello from Surabaya - trust you are well.

I was looking at a UK sourced rivet tool for my truck some little time ago and from vague memory there seemed to be an issue with reach for some of the rivets - i.e. getting the top and bottom of the press to the top and bottom of the rivets in some parts of the trucks required a relatively large spread in the frame to get around the body bits.

I seem to recall that there were a couple of sizes and the tools were about GBP50 a piece. However, at the time the vendor was out of stock so my interest lapsed - I think it was the same supplier as Jim (Russelrovers) listed in an earlier post.

Cheers,

Originally Posted by harry

I will check tomorrow to see if I have a rivetting snap to fit lr rivets,
this means I will have to take a sample to work,
a good reason to drive an old lr to work!


I had lr type aircraft rivets, but not sure what I have now.

sorry, bit slack,
It rained heaps last night and that made the car cover wet and I was too lazy to remove it to drive that car to work,
stiil with me?
I then decided that I would bring the rivetting box home to check the snaps, but forgot ....
try again tomorrow.......


but we don't do that squeeze riveting, only the real set with a rivet gun stuff, that's how you build aircraft.

My small package arrived from the UK on Tuesday, so this morning after going in to work for 4 hours, the good wife helped me lift the bonnet off, so I could get to work removing the fan blades, radiator sup/panel along with the radiator, then remove the thermostat housing and replace it with the optional type for the heater

the nuts n bolts all came apart very easily (as they should) and in no time I had the radiator mounted on the correct support panel

before mounting the assembly on the chassis, I needed to remove the 3 studs on the old thermo/housing, a few minutes with the stud remover and it was all over rover

a quick clean on the wire wheel, some never seize applied to the threads and they were soon screwed home, new parts fitted ( large fibre washers around the thermostat), lift the rad/supp panel into place, connect the hoses (to keep the radiator away from the water pump etc) 3 bolts and it's done

my wife said we were going to get a dump of rain, but it's started to fizz out thankfully, anyway I will check it all for water leaks in the morning, cheers Dennis

Originally Posted by Dinty

Wayne, I don't have the tool anymore, I gave it back to it's owner, as he needed to use it. I haven't been able to do anything as my L knee has ?? my diagnosis 'Tendonitis', bloody sore I can tell you, anyway cheers Dennis

Dennis,
any chance of drawing up a sketch of the tool!
Is the tool home made?
If not do you know who made it?




Cheers, Mick.