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Re: Coroded Battery box

To: wizardz <wizardz@toad.net>, Winnie Olmer <who@sover.net>,
Subject: Re: Coroded Battery box
From: Gary Tash <tashg@bmi.net>
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 15:45:45 -0700
Yeh, I was wondering about the braces.  Since I don't weld the pop rivets sound 
like
the way to go.

"Donald H. Locker" wrote:

> I used a spot-weld cutter from Eastwood (www.eastwoodco.com) and
> managed to cut all the welds with only one or two cuts of non-welded
> metal.  I then used my angle grinder to grind everything flat, and am
> trying to get my nerve up for trying to plug-weld my new box in.
>
> Donald.
>
> > Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 10:37:29 -0700
> > From: Gary Tash <tashg@bmi.net>
> >
> > That's the route I've planned to take, but I lack any specific plan of 
>attack.
> > It sounds simple but are there specifics I should be aware of?
> > Thanks
> > Gary
> >
> > Sam Gentry wrote:
> >
> > > In my opinion, there is only one way... drill out the spot welds and put 
>in
> > > a new one.  I did this on my 80 and it looks great.  Any other repair will
> > > eventually fail and make matters worse.
> > >
> > > Sam
> > >
> > > At 02:10 AM 9/6/99 -0400, George Procyshyn wrote:
> > >
> > > >What's the best (easiest) way to repair
> > > >a rusted out battery box in a spit?
> > > >George Procyshyn


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