Installing new engine ID plate

[bighealeysource]

Hey all,
When my BN6 engine was rebuilt the original engine tag did not
survive the cleaning process. Have a new one but wondering
best way to install. Should I drill out the old hammered in
rivets and then hammer in new ones to hold the plate in place?
Thanks,
Mike

 

[Scot]

Mike,

I would not drill them out!
When I put a new plate on my BJ8 engine block, I used a sharp screwdriver to pry up the rivet heads and then turned and pulled them out with locking pliers.
I reused the originals but you can use repro ones too. These rivets are self turning so as you hammer them back in(carefully) they will rotate until they are fully seated again...
Have fun,

Scot

 

[Randy Forbes]

Mike, if the heads are gone, you'll have no choice but to drill them out, unless the plate can be positioned to cover them.

They were probably 1/8" to 3/16" long, so you don't have to drill very deep.

I was able to get the Parker Screws (in case you were wondering what they're called; sometimes referred to as "drive rivets" too) out of the BN4 engine I'm building, but I haven't gotten around to ordering a new plate yet. This is a #'s matching engine, and there's enough of the original tag left to prove that.

 

[HealeyRick]

If the heads are still on the old rivets, use a Dremel or a hacksaw and carve a slot for a flat-bladed screwdriver. Then you can easily unscrew the rivets and replace with new ones. I think they are available from either British Car Specialists or Clark's Spares

 

[SideShifter Tri-Carb]

I was surprised how much I could interpret the numbers from the back after I removed mine. So try not to destroy what is left in the process of removing it.

 

[bighealeysource]

Thanks y'all - know what to do now !!!

 

[anthony7777]

If the heads are still on the old rivets, use a Dremel or a hacksaw and carve a slot for a flat-bladed screwdriver. Then you can easily unscrew the rivets and replace with new ones. I think they are available from either British Car Specialists or Clark's Spares

.. if using this method remember the threads/spirals on the shank are reverse so to get them out you have to turn the screwdrver clockwise.

 

[HealeyRick]

If the heads are still on the old rivets, use a Dremel or a hacksaw and carve a slot for a flat-bladed screwdriver. Then you can easily unscrew the rivets and replace with new ones. I think they are available from either British Car Specialists or Clark's Spares

.. if using this method remember the threads/spirals on the shank are reverse so to get them out you have to turn the screwdrver clockwise.

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