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| Otiswesty Administrator Date registered: Jun 2007 Location: Portland, Oregon Vehicle(s): 463.241, 461.213 Posts: 3017  | Repair of door wood trim fastener The small wood trim piece on the 1990-2000 463 covers the mounting screw for the forward door handle attachment. On the back side of the wood trim is a plastic strip that has 2 integral plastic studs. These plastic studs commonly fail and the user ends up adding double stick tape, velcro, or some other method of attachment. The plastic strip has a part number of A4637270211. I made an all metal version today that should last a long time. I cut some strips of aluminum from an old clipboard. drilled 2 holes in the appropriate place using the plastic piece as a guide. Then I epoxied some roofing screws thru the hole and fastened it to the rear of the wood trim. The diameter of the steel nail was a bit small, so I added 2 layers of wiring heat shrink tubing to get the correct amount of mounting resistance. Here are a few photos. (Parts.jpg) (TrimStrip.jpg) (TrimStrip2.jpg) Attachments ----------------  Parts.jpg (110KB - 56 downloads) TrimStrip.jpg (83KB - 57 downloads) TrimStrip2.jpg (161KB - 64 downloads) | |
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