Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Maintenance & Servicing Hood Studs

I think rather a lot of woodscrews or self tappers into wood, plastic and other materials have suffered issues relative to being over-tightened to the extent that the intended amount of grip is lost in varying degrees dependant by how much the screw has been over-tightened when initially installed, partly stripping the "thread" the screw makes in the material it is being driven into....? I I do not remember this being much of an issue in the days prior to electric screwdrivers being in use..? I understand that many power driven screwdrivers have the ability to have the amount of torque applied to the screw set, however while that seems likely to operate well on a production line, if the screwdriver is used across a variety of tasks...Hmmm...?

If suffering a screw that can no longer grip in wood, I have been known to use a sliver of wood slid into the screw-hole then re-install the screw, which seems to work reasonably well..

Heinz - no offence taken; the dealer said it was very VERY common for people to forget that or the adjacent stud when raising or lowering the hood -so much so that he said one chap had done it four times with varying degrees of hood damage each time. Hence I made a large mental note to be extra careful.
As Luddite has suggested, I bet this issue has become more prevalent since the introduction of power tools!
I'll be trying the match / sliver / wood glue suggestion when I get back from Cyprus.
In the meantime, congratulations for living in a beautiful city; I have done a lot of work there with EASA over the last 25 years - great beer!