[Healeys] 100-4 bonnet question

Jackson Krall jackson_krall at yahoo.com
Sat Jul 21 22:40:11 MDT 2012


The bronze can be removed by carefully grinding, if you can get at it.
 Use an O/A torch to heat brazed spots and use pliers or screwdriver to seperate the bonnet pieces when bronze melts. Assuming you know how to adjust torch for brazing otherwise do your homework.
 If you have to you can always reuse the braze points on reassembly
Best
JK


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On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 7:34 PM EDT fiat500f at aol.com wrote:

>Sorry, I wasn't clear.  There is a lot of brazing on this bonnet already, and,
>yes, everywhere it could have been stressed is broken.  There are also screws
>attaching the support framing ends that go to the sides of the bonnet, toward
>the rear sides.  I'm guessing they were spot welded too.  Drag.
>
> - Paul B.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Roland Wilhelmy <rwil at sbcglobal.net>
>To: fiat500f <fiat500f at aol.com>
>Sent: Sat, Jul 21, 2012 2:49 pm
>Subject: Re: [Healeys] 100-4 bonnet question
>
>
>Brazing of cracks isn't  usually very satisfactory.  Brazing of
>patches that overlap so that there is a lot of surface for the braze
>to spread into is fine.  The only problem is that brazing material
>makes it very difficult to weld that area in the future.  In essence
>you would be trying to weld a steel bronze alloy.  So, just know that
>you are burning some bridges when you braze a piece.  Weld first, then
>braze if you can.
>
>-Roland
>
>On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:22:29 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:
>
>::So, no brazing of pieces together then?
>_______________________________________________


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