Oar lock recepticals are loose. ? held in place by rivets? ? how to repair

a rivet is a permanent fix as in a pop rivet and is not easily removed once fitted
a clip can be a metal "u" piece that goes over the edge of the guard and a screw then is ******* into it through a drilled hole in the guard
( like a nut held in place)
or it can be a plastic fastener that fits in a predrilled hole and then holds the flare in place by another section that pushes into the plastic and expands that section to hold it all together
I suggest that you go to a panel repair shop and talk with them to see the differences and the best way of fixing the flares as they have to work with that idea all the time

Two solutions:
Traditional requires removing the damaged rivet.. at times this requires drilling the remains of the damaged rivet out.. Most of these rivets are "Pop Rivets". You need a Pop Rivet tool and of course the new rivet. The alternative to purchasing the tool and the appropriate size rivet. (Some hardware stores sell the rivets in different sizes by the each). Take the stroller to a sheet metal shop (Furnace A/C installer) or a Auto Body Shop.. both places will have the Pop Rivet tool and probably boxes of rivets.. if the old rivet is missing completely..and they have the right rivet and tool..it's a 10 second repair.

The other alternative.. is a fastener type referred to as "Well Nuts".. this is a rivet like device that you can install yourself.. two pieces.. a threaded insert..and the threaded mate. It looks a lot like a rivet when installed.. usually no special tools required. Good hardware stores may have them.. and it may just do the job.

Most of these rivets on your type of stroller are located in places that require them to be as flush as possible for obvious reasons.. folding.. and safety. If this one is not subject to either. A simple round head phillips screw of the right length and self locking acorn nut will suffice.

Best of Luck

Most likely this model disassembles one of two ways.

Let me preface this response with saying that it is best to have a professional Certified Master Horologist do this repair, as it can be difficult to keep parts intact in the process.

If you see slits in the end of the pins that hold the band on, you need to use sharp, proper size watchmaking screwdrivers on each side. It can be difficult to do this alone, without a device to hold the pin in place while in the process.

The second method is: if there is no **** for a screwdriver (it is smooth like a button), it is a pressure pin configuration. It is one complete piece on one side going all the way through the band, and the other side is held in place by a small rivet that is the same style and appearance that goes into the other side. This can be removed by holding one side in a vise device, and pulling the other with special needle nose pliers, or placing those pliers on the inside of the "button" rivet, and tapping the pliers with a mallet.

You would then replace the band and:

A) Use two screwdrivers to thread the screw back in to one side

OR

B) Tap the button rivet back in to place with a mallet and anvil.

I hope this helps you!

Most cars American-Made at least, used rivets to hold the mechanism in place. The only way to remove and replace the motor is to drill out the rivets. You can either re-install the new motor with new rivets or most new power window motors come with sheet metal screws included to re-attach the motor to the inside door frame. Either way both methods are very secure and you should have no problems with it not being secure.

The door lock actuators or 'solenoids' have failed. This seems to be pretty common on Windstars - I've just replaced a couple on my '02. (Ironically, the original batteries in the remote fobs are still going strong, they lasted longer than the actuators). You can buy third party replacement parts, the front door ones are 'handed' driver & passenger, but a common part will work for both sliding doors. I don't have instructions for removing the door panels, but search online - it's not tricky. The original actuators are riveted in place - you'll need to drill out these rivets. The new actuator can be held in place with a nut, bolt & couple of washers. Replacing these parts isn't too difficult - the first one took me about 1.5 hours, but once I knew what I was doing, the second one took about 0.5 hours. Good luck.

You should push the collar all the way out to the locks. When you are pulling through the water, the cup of the oar should face the same way you face. As you return up your slide, the cup should be facing straight up.
In order to keep the oar inside the oar locks, simply close the latch on the top side of the oar lock. This is usually something you snap down, and screw on.

It's a real pain in the ****. I have a 1990 S80 that I changed one on. They are held in place with rivets. You have to drill them out to remove the regulator (not too bad). It's hard to work on because there are only so many holes in the door.

Once the new one is in place, you need to rivet it in place.

One of the rivet holes is a couple of inches deep inside the door, and you cannot get a standard harware store type rivet gun in there.

What a pain. I tried using a small bolt and nut, but it fell off after a while.

You may be able to get by with a small bolt and a nylon insert nut.

If you know w local mechanic who works on Volvo's best to have them do the job. It stinks!!

It is easy to replace, there are four rivets holding it in place. I just replaced my window motor. I used a flat head screw driver to break of the rivets. You want to make sure the window is held in place while you remove the rivets. Once I removed the rivets it can out with out a problem. Then when I remounted it I used 4 bolts and four locking nut. I think they were 1/4 nuts and bolts.

Problem: Radio Reception is bad to non-existant. AM is usually worse than FM.

Reason: Antenna connector has come loose, and needs to be reconnected. This happens when a passenger pushes the carpet toward the firewall and disconnects the plug.

Affected Model Years: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

Permanent Fix:

1. First check to make sure the antenna at the back of the radio has not come loose.
2. Remove the plastic cover on the front passenger door threshold held in place by three pressure clips.
3. Peel back the carpet on the front seat passenger floor.
4. Locate the coax antenna cable running along the side.
5. Reconnect the two pieces of antenna that have come loose.
6. Roll the carpet back, and re-install the threshold cover.

The last post by maddog1321 was exactly what I had with my right rear door. The electric locks would not lock and unlock, and you almost couldn't do it manually without my feeling I was about to break something. I took the door panel off, oiled everything and got no relief. Finally, I saw the above post and drilled out the aft-most pop-rivet. THE WINDOW WORKED PERFECTLY! I didn't drill out the forward (closest to the handle) pop-rivet because I wanted to do one at a time so the solenoid would not fall out of place. I then put a new pop-rivet in place of the one I drilled out. I then reinstalled everything and the locks work like new.