Trick to attach inner wing to radiator?

[Kickinthetires]

Folks, any trick to placing the five +/- bolts per side through the inner wing into the side of the radiator housing? Too small to get my hand in there to hold the nut. There must be some trick to this. :mad:

[Kickinthetires]

Never mind...there should be stud-plates instead of bolts with separate nuts. A prior owner must have swapped/lost the plates and just used multiple individual bolts. New stud plates ordered!

[dhager]

Where did you order the stud plates from? I'm not finding them on RN, or not searching correctly.

Thx,

Don

[conrad1468]

I ordered a set of bolt plates from YRM UK along with some other repair panels. Check them out.

You could easily make new retainer plates with a piece of plate and bolts welded to the plate. Just a thought.

[ericgbauer]

just saw some of these available on eBay

however they are located in Milan Italy - so not sure if that will make you think twice ...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-Land-Rover-86-88-107-109-Series-1-2-3-Bolt-Plate-Wing-to-Rad-Panel-MRC5519/153859935129?epid=1613800065&hash=item23d2c44b99:g:ZY4AAOSwLfNeZ7kB

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-Land-Rover-86-88-107-109-Series-1-2-3-Bolt-Plate-Wing-to-Rad-Panel-MRC5520/402152136761?hash=item5da222a039:g:8nkAAOSws6ReZ7p 5

there's two more listed as well ...