Mr. Powerquest
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Hope you can help. Most of the screws that hold my engine cover to the hinges have come loose or fallen out. It appears that the machine screws are threaded directly in to the fiberglass. Most of the holes seem to be stripped. Can I re-tap them for a larger screw? Any suggestions would be great.
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Chris
2000 280
Thanks,
Chris
2000 280
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I had the same problem on my 1999 280, though it was only a couple of screws. I tried using 4200 epoxy (worked perfectly on a stripped screw in the rubrail) but no dice. A larger screw would probably work, but I wonder if the problem would just come back after a bit of time...
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toptrim,
Are you sure the nuts didn't just fall off the screws? My Enticer had regular nuts on them and they managed to work their way off-ended up in the bilge. i put nylock nuts on 'em, but you could also use blue or red loctite to keep them from coming off again.
Paul
Are you sure the nuts didn't just fall off the screws? My Enticer had regular nuts on them and they managed to work their way off-ended up in the bilge. i put nylock nuts on 'em, but you could also use blue or red loctite to keep them from coming off again.
Paul