Calling all Mizuho parts machine owners

[naha13]

The connection tab on the left that secures the ashtray is broken. I will try to re-attach from the right side, but not sure it will hold without breaking the other side too. Hoping someone will have a parts machine laying around. Please PM me if you have a lower tray for a vintage Mizuho like this one that you will "part" with.

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[pachiwall]

If you can't find a replacement, can you drill a set of holes in line and use a steel wire as a hinge pin like the Nishilins do?

[naha13]

It will take a 4" long bolt to really secure it. Tried Ace Hardware today and no dice on a hex head bolt that small and 4" long. Will see what I can find online. Will probably have to buy 50 of them

[Moparformances]

It will take a 4" long bolt to really secure it. Tried Ace Hardware today and no dice on a hex head bolt that small and 4" long. Will see what I can find online. Will probably have to buy 50 of them

find yourself a good Hobby store.. they have small all-thread.. if ya get in a pinch shoot me a pm i think i might have a hunk buried out back

[naha13]

Allthread may work, but I really wanted to find a hex/square head bolt so it will keep from turning by biting into the chassis on the right side kind of like a carriage bolt. I'll PM you if I get stuck and can't find what I'm looking for.

[naha13]

Bumping this thread. I have the ashtray re-attached, but it's relatively fragile with only one side attached. I really hate to sell it like this, but it will hold as long as no one is rough with it. Anyone have an orange lower tray for a Mizuho they will part with? Anyway, here are pics of the repair and the the whole front. Now how did that lizard pic get in there...


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[MrGneiss]

Yay, lizards!!

Maybe if you can't find a new piece you could just epoxy it in place..make it more of just one solid piece.. If it was solid and looked good I doubt the new owner would mind that much if the ashtray didn't flip..

[mxfaiman]

Yay, lizards!!

Maybe if you can't find a new piece you could just epoxy it in place..make it more of just one solid piece.. If it was solid and looked good I doubt the new owner would mind that much if the ashtray didn't flip..

I agree. Hardly anyone uses them anymore. They mainly get used to put a few lucky balls in.

[browne92]

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If I understand what I am seeing, there is a tab on the left end of the tray that is broken off that forms the other half of the left hinge? If so, my first thought was to graft a piece of sheet metal to the inside of the ashtray opening with a hole in it to form the other half of the left hinge.

Yea, it's a lot easier to see in my head than explain.

[mxfaiman]

If I understand what I am seeing, there is a tab on the left end of the tray that is broken off that forms the other half of the left hinge? If so, my first thought was to graft a piece of sheet metal to the inside of the ashtray opening with a hole in it to form the other half of the left hinge.

Yea, it's a lot easier to see in my head than explain.

I get what your saying there. You could also use like plexi-glass as well.

Basically make an extension piece that you glue / bolt onto the plastic stub to lengthen it so you have a new mounting hole on the other side.

[naha13]

So here's what I did with your idea! Pretty good one at that! little time, a little grinding, a little drilling, sifting through the parts bins...when it's closed it looks like it belongs there now. Before it was a bit crooked and seemed like it would snap off at some point.

If I understand what I am seeing, there is a tab on the left end of the tray that is broken off that forms the other half of the left hinge? If so, my first thought was to graft a piece of sheet metal to the inside of the ashtray opening with a hole in it to form the other half of the left hinge.

Yea, it's a lot easier to see in my head than explain.

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[browne92]

So here's what I did with your idea!

Excellent! Looks plenty strong now. And it's great to see you save a part that, by the looks of the age of this thread, was not going to be easily obtained.



Glad I could help.

[mxfaiman]

Looks good.

Remember kustom is kooler.

You did add some locktite right so those nuts don't thread off easily on their own.

[naha13]

If the next owner flips the ashtray that many times, it deserves to fall off!

You did add some locktite right so those nuts don't thread off easily on their own.