Hell and damnation !!!!!!!!!!

[avinalarf]

I have come to the conclusion that the designers of my DB9V must have sat around one day and said "what can we do that makes it as awkward as possible for the owner to perform the most simple of tasks on his car".
I have just spent 30 minutes trying to replace the four screws on the piece of plastic that covers the sat nav disk.
In the coupe the module is in the boot but in my Volante it's behind the passenger seat,a shaped piece of plastic covered in carpet that fixes to the floor and the kick board of the seat.
I have tried and tried to level up the cover to align the screws to their holes without success.
I've given up,for today at least.
I'm the first to admit my DIY skills are not first class but this job is a right barsteward.

Edited by avinalarf on Sunday 30th July 12:47

[IanV12VR]

And breathe..........

[steveatesh]

Don't you have to take out the seats, carpets, waterfall and bludgeon pin to get them back Stephen? Ha, you're losing man points........

[avinalarf]

steveatesh said:

Don't you have to take out the seats, carpets, waterfall and bludgeon pin to get them back Stephen? Ha, you're losing man points........

I presume to have many qualities Steve but the ability to score man points ain't one of them.
I am however quite in touch with my feminine side so it's not all bad.

[ace of the base]

Have a nice cup of tea and a toasted tea cake - all will be well.
Things usually work out much better when you go back later.
Not as bad as changing a clutch on an E Type which I did many years ago - had to dismantle the whole front end of the car.

[Jon39]

In your hour of need, I am going to make an effort to help.

If my answer does not make any sense, it will be because I have misunderstood the situation.
In which case ignore, but you could try this.

Obtain a short length of metal wire, probably thinner than coat hanger type.
Place the cover roughly in position.
Poke the end of the wire through one of the holes in the cover, then jiggle (the cover not yourself) until the wire locates a screw hole.
Keep the cover still, withdraw wire and insert one of the screws.
Do not fully tighten yet.

Do the same for another screw hole.
Once you have two screws in place, inserting the remaining two screws should be easy.
Tighten all screws.

I bet you knew all this stuff anyway. Just avinalarf.

[avinalarf]

Tried that Jon.
Albeit my DIY skills are limited my SAS training has provided a modicum of common sense.

[rossyl]

I am frequently astonished how difficult these cars are to work on given that they are hand built.

Do Aston engineers have very small hands?

[avinalarf]

rossyl said:

I am frequently astonished how difficult these cars are to work on given that they are hand built.

Do Aston engineers have very small hands?

When I picked up my car from a service I had a chat with the mechanic.