Uurrrggh!

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Posted by Gordon on Monday, May 03, 2004 at 11:39AM :

In Reply to: Re: Top seam repair posted by Chris In Idaho on Monday, May 03, 2004 at 11:03AM :

Thanks Chris!

I've done a few of these, and as Chris says it depends how much you have to do. The strip itself is paper thin, but the metal surrounding it is quite chunky. If it's one or two inches of the seam that's rotted out, just hit it with a grinder, MIG up the joint, MIG on a piece of flattened brake tubing, and finish with filler / sealer.

If it's all the way across, but the panelling is sound either side, weld it all the way across and put on a full width strip of flattened brake tube.

If the header panel itself is rotten just carve it out and stick on a donor section as you can see me do in the attached link, but it isn't for the faint-hearted.

Gordon

Hard cab with a rotten header panel

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Re: Uurrrggh! - Russ/Wyo 11:56AM 05/03/2004

Thanks Russ, but.... - Gordon 12:38PM 05/03/2004
- Re: Thanks Russ, but.... - Steven Fowler 11:35PM 05/03/2004

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