Engine lid hinge repair Options

[96740]

I just ran into this problem too. Looks like it's been repaired before. How do you take the old ones off to put new ones on?

[BeatNavy]

Drill out those spot welds with a spot weld bit. Use a chisel or old screw driver and a hammer to break what's left of the welds and get it off the firewall, but try to be careful not to tear the firewall itself. Grind off what's left.

[96740]

Drill out those spot welds with a spot weld bit. Use a chisel or old screw driver and a hammer to break what's left of the welds and get it off the firewall, but try to be careful not to tear the firewall itself. Grind off what's left.

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[Rikyrat]

Hey, I had the same problem with my hinge cracked across the middle which prevented the deck lid from opening smoothly, so I used a little back yard ingenuity.

What is did was go to Homer Depot, and found an L-bracket, that would fit over the nut head in the middle, cut it to length, and welded it in, would have included a photo, but my welding skills, are not the best, then painted it.

Looks as though it will hold, there is no longer any sag in it, and it seems to be fairly sturdy. I will know when I get it all back to together. As, I am working on my megasquirt setup.

Just my 2cents

[dangrouche]

here's my technique using a piece of "L" bracket. Cut a corner off of it (or use any metal bit) as a gusset and weld it onto both sides of the hinge bracket. the long screw was used as the ground for the welding and to put tension on the bracket to close the gap of the cracks. I did not want to have to try to weld a new bracket onto thin metal or lose the placement of the OEM bracket. This was my second repair of the existing hinge bracket from 6 months earlier. for the first repair, I welded at the cracked joints, but the hinge flexed and cracked the welds. The current repair is solid and does not flex anymore.