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Subject: [Healeys] Shroud Repair.
From: p_cquinn at tpg.com.au (Patrick & Caroline Quinn)
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2017 12:44:17 +1000
References: <CAA-dtXbcwR1NxVXUuTJMVie2LQ8QweSLMFDxwkjovB1vYCXYrw@mail.gmail.com>
Hello

 

If it was plastic based filler it was not applied by the Jensen factory as they 
only used lead.

 

Hoo Roo

 

Patrick Quinn

Blue Mountains, Australia

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Mike Tobin
Sent: Saturday, 8 July 2017 8:29 AM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] Shroud Repair.

 

I've got  a couple-inch gap on the rear shroud at the flange bend.  What's the 
best way to deal with it? I'd rather do it myself - just because that's how I'm 
approaching the restoration.

I've got  MIG welder and I closed a couple small tears in the front shroud  
with it.  I also fill a small hole by using a copper spoon behind the hole.  
When I was done grinding ithe fixes came out OK. I'm hesitating to use the 
spoon on a hole this size. The metal is also pretty thin there from corrosian. 
I could use fiberglass, I suppose, , but I'd rather not.

 

 

I've been surprised by the amount of factory-applied filler I've uncovered on 
both shrouds.  At first I thought I thought it was damage repair with the first 
owner, but then I noticed that the reverse sides of the shrouds showed no sign 
of trauma - the filler was used not to fill but to shape the contour..



 

Cheers and Thanks Again,

Mike Tobin

Townsend, Montana

 

 

 

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