Plastic trim fixing beneath vehicle

[Rusty69]

Hi. Newbie here. Borrowed a van for the week. Have noticed the plastic covering just in front of the fuel tank is hanging down. On further inspection, it looks like the nut or whatever holds it onto the stud has dropped off. It appears to be a single fixing point, towards the middle of the vehicle.

My question. Does anyone know what size nut (and if it is a nut/washer) is required. It looks like 4 or 5 mm.

I only have a screwfix local. Any help greatly appreciated. I have no tools or nuts, so need to source everything from screwfix.

Yours hopefully

Stuck in the peaks

 

[Deaky]

They’re mostly held on with these

Pardon our interruption...

 

[Rusty69]

Che

They’re mostly held on with these

Pardon our interruption...

Cheers Deaky. That was my first thought, then I thought maybe it was just a nut.

 

[Jimmock]

Hi. Newbie here. Borrowed a van for the week. Have noticed the plastic covering just in front of the fuel tank is hanging down. On further inspection, it looks like the nut or whatever holds it onto the stud has dropped off. It appears to be a single fixing point, towards the middle of the vehicle.

My question. Does anyone know what size nut (and if it is a nut/washer) is required. It looks like 4 or 5 mm.

I only have a screwfix local. Any help greatly appreciated. I have no tools or nuts, so need to source everything from screwfix.

Yours hopefully

Stuck in the peaks

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Hi, it looks like your Adblue tank cover. My one was missing and I replaced it and attached it with the star fixers Deaky shows. However, I also had two of the fixing studs missing, the ones in the centre area. It sounds like you too may have some missing as you say it looks like there is just one central fixing point. If you look where that stud is fitted you should see that it’s a stud secured in a u grove, look close by and you should see more fixing groves. You can insert a stainless steel 10mm stud and nut in these groves and then attach your star fixers
Also for belt and braces approach, use some zip ties at the front to stop it coming loose if water gets in below

 

[Rusty69]

Hi, it looks like your Adblue tank cover. My one was missing and I replaced it and attached it with the star fixers Deaky shows. However, I also had two of the fixing studs missing, the ones in the centre area. It sounds like you too may have some missing as you say it looks like there is just one central fixing point. If you look where that stud is fitted you should see that it’s a stud secured in a u grove, look close by and you should see more fixing groves. You can insert a stainless steel 10mm stud and nut in these groves and then attach your star fixers
Also for belt and braces approach, use some zip ties at the front to stop it coming loose if water gets in below

Thanks very much. I'm parked in a farm field, so access beneath is pretty poor. I have ordered some of the fixings in the link above(thanks for that), but it sounds like there should be more than one stud if I understand you correctly, and that would make sense, as only one seems inadequate to my untrained eye.

If worse comes to worse, I will remove all the plastic bits to get me back home again. I'll visit screwfix tomorrow and pick up a small 1/4 socket set. Hopefully one of them will fit. They look like 7 or 8mm? Anyone confirm that pls.?

 

[Jimmock]

Thanks very much. I'm parked in a farm field, so access beneath is pretty poor. I have ordered some of the fixings in the link above(thanks for that), but it sounds like there should be more than one stud if I understand you correctly, and that would make sense, as only one seems inadequate to my untrained eye.

If worse comes to worse, I will remove all the plastic bits to get me back home again. I'll visit screwfix tomorrow and pick up a small 1/4 socket set. Hopefully one of them will fit. They look like 7 or 8mm? Anyone confirm that pls.?

Hi, the retaining bolts are 8mm head.

 

[Rusty69]

Hi, the retaining bolts are 8mm head.

Cheers