Dave, great idea and exactly what I did. I was going to put threaded inserts like John did but, my set is metric.

I had to modify my shroud a bit more to clear my A/C clutch so I had it in and out many times today. Man is it nice to have it in two pieces! So easy to work on now.

 

Wanted to thank Scotty's 52 F3 for posting this - we were fighting with it last week as we near the end of the current restoration stage, and someone said "there has to be a better way". Well, turns out there was - and your post was very well documented.

This place is great.

 

Thanks for the compliment Dave. I'm sure I'm not the only one to have done this. I just try to give back to this forum if I can.