Engine lid hinge repair |
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Engine lid hinge repair |
malcolm2 |
Oct 31 2017, 05:12 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,745 Joined: 31-May 11 From: Nashville Member No.: 13,139 Region Association: South East States |
I can think of a couple ways to fix this. Can i hear more ideas?
You can see that there are 4 weld impressions. 3 have pulled a hole in the firewall. |
cary |
Nov 1 2017, 05:40 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,900 Joined: 26-January 04 From: Sherwood Oregon Member No.: 1,608 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
It will need to be patched. Most of the time the spot welds just pop.
Now it's a time vs. money thing. Is the engine in the car ? |
malcolm2 |
Nov 1 2017, 07:28 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,745 Joined: 31-May 11 From: Nashville Member No.: 13,139 Region Association: South East States |
It will need to be patched. Most of the time the spot welds just pop. Now it's a time vs. money thing. Is the engine in the car ? Oh yeah, I drive the car 4 to 5 days a week. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving-girl.gif) Won't be much money, I'll do the work, but it will be a PITA and some driving downtime. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bootyshake.gif) One method I was thinking about was to remove the seats and back pad. Make a weld repair to the inside. Then maybe drill a hole thru the vertical section of the bracket and the firewall and add small, sturdy plate inside (10 ga or thicker) and bolt it all together. I suppose I could also tack each side in the engine bay, as suggested above. While I had the seats and back pad out, I figured I would do the bolt and plate on the hinge on the other side too. |
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