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font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483824317350_40203"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483824317350_40209"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483824317350_40208"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483824317350_40233"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Bruce Adornato <adornato@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> triumphs@autox.team.net <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, January 7, 2017 2:56 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [TR] fix for a stripped TR3 hood hinge bolt<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483824317350_40202"><br><div id="yiv2840150692"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483824317350_40207"><div class="yiv2840150692gmail_default" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#351c75;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483824317350_40206">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><div class="yiv2840150692gmail_default" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#351c75;"><br></div><div class="yiv2840150692gmail_default" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#351c75;">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><div class="yiv2840150692gmail_default" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#351c75;"><br></div><div class="yiv2840150692gmail_default" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#351c75;">bruce adornato</div><div class="yiv2840150692gmail_default" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#351c75;">59 TR3</div><div class="yiv2840150692gmail_default" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#351c75;">Menlo Park Ca</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="yiv2840150692gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>bta<br><br></div></div></div>
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