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<DIV>Simon:</DIV>
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<DIV>Another idea – hope I’m not muddying the waters for you.</DIV>
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<DIV>When my BJ8 was being restored a few years ago, my body man came up with a
fix for the upwards dented front frame cross member. The metal was not
deteriorated, just dented from careless jacking (not by me of course!).
The bottom of the cross member was carefully cut out, and a couple of angle iron
pieces were welded up inside the open section in a suitable fashion. The
dented lower section was banged out on the floor to it’s original shape and then
welded back onto the bottom where it came from, seam and all. After some careful
grinding and a bit of shaping, I now have a very solid front cross member that I
can jack up a Sherman tank on if necessary.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>It is a good repair – no need to use a replacement piece – actually 3
including the 2 corner sections – and we can smile and say that it’s all
original. He actually favoured this method because it preserved the frame
alignment.</DIV>
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<DIV>I smile every time I’m under there being dripped on.</DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers,</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #141100">Earl
Kagna<BR>Victoria, B.C.<BR>BJ8, BT7 tri-carb</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk
href="mailto:simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk">simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk</A>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 12, 2018 2:27 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=healeys@autox.team.net
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Healeys] UJs and chassis thickness</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Thank you all so much for your advice on those two topics.
And photos etc. I am, as ever, impressed by people’s generosity with their
time.<o:p></o:p></P>
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style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1">I shall be dealing with the
UJs from above. (It’s just that I had the car up on its ramps, which is a job
in itself, so I thought I might be able to take a short cut).<o:p></o:p>
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style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1">As to the chassis, I’ll not
have a section cut out and a new piece welded in…it seems a bit OTT. No, I’ll
get the thing up in the air and have a really good look and make a template
for something sturdy, maybe ¼”. We’ll see….no panic. Dent’s been there for 30
+/- years.<o:p></o:p></LI></OL>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Simon<o:p></o:p></P>
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