HI Folks

Finally decided that the Moggie Traveller needs a bit of R&R
(particularly sore replacement on the rear timbers) - so she'll be off
the road for a few months.

In the meantime - have acquired a 2nd-hand Pug Partner van.
It'd be nice if the rear of the van was lined out in timber (?plywood?)
- make it easier to strap stuff securely & stop it all rattling about.

The steel pressing seem to be designed to accomodate infil panels - and
have a variety of round and oval holes ready-punched...

So - is there some kind of a plastic fixing that snaps into these holes
to accomodate a screw or somesuch - or do people generally just whack
self-tappers into the inner panels ?

Anybody done this before & have words of wisdom to share ?

Thanks
Adrian

On 10 Sep, 12:46, Owain wrote:
On 10 Sep, 12:09, Adrian Brentnall wrote:

The steel pressing seem to be designed to accomodate infil panels - and
have a variety of round and oval holes ready-punched...
So - is there some kind of a plastic fixing that snaps into these holes
to accomodate a screw or somesuch - or do people generally just whack
self-tappers into the inner panels ?

AIUI "cage nuts" allow you to use bolts into holes

A quick look at cage nuts on a website took me to this:-
http://shop.comdir.co.uk/Products.as...rWebTemplate=C
& http://shop.comdir.co.uk/Products.as...rWebTemplate=C

which may be closer to what Adrian is looking for.

Adrian Brentnall wrote:
HI Folks

Finally decided that the Moggie Traveller needs a bit of R&R
(particularly sore replacement on the rear timbers) - so she'll be off
the road for a few months.

In the meantime - have acquired a 2nd-hand Pug Partner van.
It'd be nice if the rear of the van was lined out in timber (?plywood?)
- make it easier to strap stuff securely & stop it all rattling about.

The steel pressing seem to be designed to accomodate infil panels - and
have a variety of round and oval holes ready-punched...

So - is there some kind of a plastic fixing that snaps into these holes
to accomodate a screw or somesuch - or do people generally just whack
self-tappers into the inner panels ?

Anybody done this before & have words of wisdom to share ?

Thanks
Adrian
years ago I kitted out a bedford CA using a drill and self taps.

On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:09:38 +0100, Adrian Brentnall
wrote:

HI Folks

Finally decided that the Moggie Traveller needs a bit of R&R
(particularly sore replacement on the rear timbers) - so she'll be off
the road for a few months.

In the meantime - have acquired a 2nd-hand Pug Partner van.
It'd be nice if the rear of the van was lined out in timber (?plywood?)
- make it easier to strap stuff securely & stop it all rattling about.

The steel pressing seem to be designed to accomodate infil panels - and
have a variety of round and oval holes ready-punched...

So - is there some kind of a plastic fixing that snaps into these holes
to accomodate a screw or somesuch - or do people generally just whack
self-tappers into the inner panels ?

Anybody done this before & have words of wisdom to share ?


I've seen manufacturer's option lining kits, generally plastic, that
fixed prettily into the existing holes.

But every wood-lined van I've driven has been fixed with self-tappers.
If you want a neat job, there will be a local specialist who can do it
in a day.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Adrian Brentnall
saying something like:

So - is there some kind of a plastic fixing that snaps into these holes
to accomodate a screw or somesuch - or do people generally just whack
self-tappers into the inner panels ?

I've done it with STs before and it works ok, but beware of stressing
the mounting points too much if you're hanging gear off the lining.

Anybody done this before & have words of wisdom to share ?

FFS, don't screw the floor down without carefully checking clearances
underneat. A screw through a fuel, brake line or fuel tank can ruin your
day cough. For this reason I decided the next one I do will be lined
with plywood glued in place with gobs of polyurethane foam.