
Fix for Hood hinge
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Posted January 04, 2016 - 11:50 AM
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Posted January 04, 2016 - 12:41 PM
Are you good with metal? You can make a steel one like I did
What's your address, mine is in the mail
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Posted January 04, 2016 - 01:06 PM
If I had more time I could do it for you, is just the bottom busted on yours? I can maybe give you an idea, can you weld at all a torch helps too.What's your address, mine is in the mail
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Posted January 04, 2016 - 08:15 PM
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Posted January 04, 2016 - 09:11 PM
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Posted January 04, 2016 - 10:36 PM
Are you good with metal? You can make a steel one like I did
That looks great from here. Did you take any pictures of how you fabricated the grill?
Edited by Jazz, January 04, 2016 - 10:37 PM.
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Posted January 04, 2016 - 10:57 PM
- KennyP said thank you
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Posted January 04, 2016 - 10:58 PM
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Posted January 05, 2016 - 07:53 AM
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Posted January 07, 2016 - 04:47 PM
We need to find someone who works at a forgoing shop to make one out of cast aluminum just like the older ones were. Why anyone would have ever thought that these should have been made from Fiberglass is beyond understanding.
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Posted January 10, 2016 - 12:25 AM
Metal is definitely a better fix. If you find someone who does sand casting forgework, it wouldn't be too difficult to make out of aluminum. I used to do some small sand casting in aluminum and brass, but haven't for a long time....
There were some books put out by Gingerly telling how to do cast work and even making lots of things like lathes, shapers, etc out of home castwork. One of his books explains how to make a furnace and forms, casting sand, etc That was how I got started some time ago. If someone wanted to get started in that sort of stuff, that would be a good intro...
My ss16 had the same typical damage when I got it. I used wood and a metal plate to make an inner form to strengthen the piece, then reglassed over it to make it look original. Not the best fix like an all metal piece would be, but stronger than the original fiberglass only design.
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Posted January 10, 2016 - 08:02 AM
There was a guy on MTF that had made a template and was making metal pieces on the bottom half, kind of like Tecumseh did here. He had plans to sell them, but after on 2 or 3 people bought them, it lost steam and he ended up leaving MTF anyway. I had heard someone had a mint nose and was going to try to build new fiberglass ones with metal hinges and interior metal structure but that too never caught flight.