Re: '70 Challenger Seat Hinge Covers? (Paint)
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First I'll tell ya, strip the old paint off that part, the grain is already buried, every coat of paint buries it more.. About half the hinge covers I've seen the button is no longer attached to the hinge cover & when it's installed you can't tell... so if you separate the button & don't reattach it the button will still look & work just fine...
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Re: '70 Challenger Seat Hinge Covers? (Paint)
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To reinstall the lever, go to the hardware store and get a push washer. It is a thin one way washer that will fit over the hole boss and hold it tight. You push the washer on and it won't come off because it is a tight fit.
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Re: '70 Challenger Seat Hinge Covers? (Paint)
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To reinstall the lever, go to the hardware store and get a push washer. It is a thin one way washer that will fit over the hole boss and hold it tight. You push the washer on and it won't come off because it is a tight fit.
Thanks for the feedback, but I don't understand where you're saying to use the push nut (not called a push washer). The attached photo is the backside of the hinge cover. There are two swaged pins/posts (right) that hold the button's spring steel plate to the hinge cover. Then there's the button's own swaged pin/post (center) that holds it to the spring steel plate. The interesting thing about all this is that the rod /pin (left) is part of, or attached to the back side of the button, and the larger diameter collar attached to the bottom of the rod/pin is larger than the hole in the spring steel plate. I grabbed the rod/pin with a pair of pliers to try and see if it would unscrew from the button, but it will not.
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Re: '70 Challenger Seat Hinge Covers? (Paint)
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The push nut would attach to the screw hole shown to the far right in your photo..
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Re: '70 Challenger Seat Hinge Covers? (Paint)
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The push nut would attach to the screw hole shown to the far right in your photo..
Ah ha!!
Interesting idea. I wonder though how well it would stay in place with repeated action of the button. I'll certainly consider it though as a possible solution. Thanks for the tip and the clarification.
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Re: '70 Challenger Seat Hinge Covers? (Paint)
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I've always done these by spraying the whole thing with a coat of epoxy primer first, then spray the push button. After that, mask the button off with masking tape. The tape can be slipped under the edge as you press the button down. No big deal...
The push retainer idea sounds interesting... If one were intent on disassembling it, I think putting on the reading glasses and using a couple tiny screws to replace the original peened fastening would work well.
Thanks for clarifying (peened vs. swaged). I'm gonna try one first (removing the button at the two peened fasteners, paint, reassembly with small screw). I'm pretty confident I can do a good job of reattaching it. Found this not-so-good photo from a guy who was selling his covers. It does look like there are (3) screws used where the original peening was done.
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Re: '70 Challenger Seat Hinge Covers? (Paint)
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I've used the SEM Super White on a 70 Challenger with white interior, it was a very good match... 808 Cuda tried it on his Cuda on my recommendation, you might contact him & see what he thought..
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Re: '70 Challenger Seat Hinge Covers? (Paint)
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I've used the SEM Super White on a 70 Challenger with white interior, it was a very good match... 808 Cuda tried it on his Cuda on my recommendation, you might contact him & see what he thought..
Thanks. I'm gonna go with the SEM paint.
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Re: '70 Challenger Seat Hinge Covers? (Paint)
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Sorry to send you in a potentially different direction, but there has been a thread on here (Moparts) regarding 'suede' paint. With a white interior, most metal parts would have been black suede(which is different than other colored interiors), however, wouldn't these parts have been suede painted? I believe so, but I am only an expert sometimes.
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