Opened the engine cover today after a great morning out ... and it came right off the hinge.
It appears that there must have been some form of threaded insert set into the lid (wood ?) and they are no longer there ….
The hinge came right off … and there are no threaded portions in any of the holes in the lid … screws will not grip.
There appears to be a lot of ‘rust’.. though there should not be anything ferrous there (unless it was the inserts ?) if they were plain steel , poor choice as SS machine screws going into them.

Sort of assuming there should have been something like these:


The next part is how to repair ...... thinking of getting some new threaded inserts (stainless if possible) and drilling out fixing hole to allow me to fit new inserts in with some West Systems epoxy ?
Any body got any other suggestion .... or know where i can get that type of insert?