Grinder67
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The plan was simple, Change the chrome grille pony for a black one. I read about the stick on ones not holding and the oem version had fragile pins. They both cost about the same so I decided to go OEM.
I took the radiator cover off and removed the hood latch for the most room. The old pins on the chrome emblem broke right off. Not being double jointed and having large hands I found it impossible to get the little metal lock washers on to the new pins and I ended up breaking two of the four off.
Now I had no emblem at all. I tried some Velcro and that didn’t work and because the emblem is hollow inside the tape isn’t going to work either.
I remembered I had some 3M windoweld tar tape which is used to seal windshields to the frame on the older cars. The stuff is 3/8” OD and sticks to anything. I put a bunch of it inside the emblem staying away from the edges and stuck it to the grille. I really held well so time will tell. We use the stuff at work for another purpose and it seems to be good stuff, sticks to anything and remains flexible.
I took the radiator cover off and removed the hood latch for the most room. The old pins on the chrome emblem broke right off. Not being double jointed and having large hands I found it impossible to get the little metal lock washers on to the new pins and I ended up breaking two of the four off.
Now I had no emblem at all. I tried some Velcro and that didn’t work and because the emblem is hollow inside the tape isn’t going to work either.
I remembered I had some 3M windoweld tar tape which is used to seal windshields to the frame on the older cars. The stuff is 3/8” OD and sticks to anything. I put a bunch of it inside the emblem staying away from the edges and stuck it to the grille. I really held well so time will tell. We use the stuff at work for another purpose and it seems to be good stuff, sticks to anything and remains flexible.
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