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Re: More on my '77 Midget

To: adrian@icx.net, spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: More on my '77 Midget
From: Ajhsys@aol.com
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 13:34:17 EST
Reply-to: Ajhsys@aol.com
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
No dents that I saw.  The Bondo covers the entire cover above the pulley,
including the bolts, so it was put on with the cover in place.  The Bondo has
little whisps in it like icing on a really nice cake!

Allen Hefner
'77 Midget (no candles!)
'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport

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In a message dated 12/2/98 11:41:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, adrian@icx.net
writes:

<< Was there a dent in the cover?  Maybe he filled it and forgot to sand
before
 refitting!  heh heh. Or maybe he threw a rod at some point and decided to
test the
 high strength of Bondo by fixing the block with it.  You may want to look
around
 some more.  :-)  That's quite a find tho!
 
 adrian
 
 Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
 
 > As I was poking around under the bonnet, I saw another example of the DPO.
 >
 > I was looking down the front of the engine and I noticed a large amount of
GOO
 > on the timing chain cover.  It looked oily and dirty, so I picked a bit off
to
 > see how hard it was.  As I did this, almost the whole chuck came off in one
 > piece, leaving the relatively clean (slight surface rust) cover exposed.
 >
 > Inspection showed that it was actually Bondo that was smeared on the cover
and
 > left there to dry!  About 1/2" thick. >>

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