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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Not the ideal solution, because you get funny sized
fasteners, but I have sometimes gone metric in such situations to find a size
that is ever so slightly larget and can be tapped out to good
effect.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>It will either:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>1. Work and be good forever</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>2. Not work and you will bugger up the hinge
and end up buying a new one anyway</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>3. Work for a while until you notice a funny
noise going down the road at 70 mph, and as you figure out the maybe the hood is
flapping around think again about saving money on the hinge :) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Greg Lemon</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>TR250</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=adornato@gmail.com href="mailto:adornato@gmail.com">Bruce
Adornato</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=triumphs@autox.team.net
href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 07, 2017 4:56
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [TR] fix for a stripped TR3 hood
hinge bolt</DIV>
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class=gmail_default>the previous owner overtightened the starboard bonnet
hinge and stripped out the threads. it is what my dad used to call "pot
metal"... soft and friable.</DIV>
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class=gmail_default>I know I can buy another one for 50 bucks at Moss but
wonder if epoxy would work or maybe trying to re thread with an oversize
stainless steel bolt?</DIV>
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class=gmail_default>bruce adornato</DIV>
<DIV
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class=gmail_default>59 TR3</DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; COLOR: #351c75; FONT-SIZE: large"
class=gmail_default>Menlo Park Ca</DIV>
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<DIV>bta<BR><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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