New P38 owner on the scrounge already...!

Aliztur · Oct 25, 2012

Hello

We (actually I) decided to get a Rangey as the new family weekend and holiday car as our three year old getting terrible car sickness - so hoping higher ride position and smoother ride should help. Plus it would help the missus get to work in the bad weather.

We are in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, and would like to know if anyone can recommend a good, honest, reliable and knowledgeable garage (no too much to ask for) to maintain the car? It has been lovingly cared for by its previous owner and I want to keep it in as good nick as I can and be able to trust the place I take it to to be looked after. Anywhere sort of ten mile radius of Hitchin would be ideal.

Now the scrounge. Just bought a dog guard and need a "riv nut tool" to fix the riv nuts into the roof lining. Is there anyone nearby who has one that I could borrow for half an hour, perhaps? The alternative is get a cheap one from Ebay and flog it on again after using it, but ideally would like to get the guard fitted this side of the week end.

Thanks already

wiltshire landyman · Oct 25, 2012

welcome

try the rr section..im sure one of there butlers will have said tool

Aliztur · Oct 25, 2012

Thanks - I'll try there.

wickford90 · Oct 25, 2012

Aliztur said:
Hello

We (actually I) decided to get a Rangey as the new family weekend and holiday car as our three year old getting terrible car sickness - so hoping higher ride position and smoother ride should help. Plus it would help the missus get to work in the bad weather.

We are in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, and would like to know if anyone can recommend a good, honest, reliable and knowledgeable garage (no too much to ask for) to maintain the car? It has been lovingly cared for by its previous owner and I want to keep it in as good nick as I can and be able to trust the place I take it to to be looked after. Anywhere sort of ten mile radius of Hitchin would be ideal.

Now the scrounge. Just bought a dog guard and need a "riv nut tool" to fix the riv nuts into the roof lining. Is there anyone nearby who has one that I could borrow for half an hour, perhaps? The alternative is get a cheap one from Ebay and flog it on again after using it, but ideally would like to get the guard fitted this side of the week end.

Thanks already

You can put these in without a tool, i have done it do a search sure there,s a thread on here

dogsbody · Oct 25, 2012

Basically you need a bolt to fit the rivnut a nut and a washer on the bolt.
Put the nut onto the bolt then the washer then the rivnut.
Put the rivnut into the hole
Hold the bolt still (a socket on a knuckle bar works well) and spanner the nut toward the rivnut
The washer (or two with a film of oil between them) holds the rivnut as the bolt pulls it back and 'rivets' it into the hole.
Aluminium rivnuts are a lot easier to use than steel ones.

Pikey · Oct 25, 2012

I has a pair of rivnut setting tools. But am not driving all the way to hitchin AGAIN!!

New P38 owner on the scrounge already...!

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