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RE: Door Crack issue

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Subject: RE: Door Crack issue
From: "Larry Hoy" <list@marketvalue.net>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 11:48:16 -0700
In-reply-to: <3DC6BA22.6060200@DIRECTVInternet.com>
Reply-to: "Larry Hoy" <list@marketvalue.net>
Sender: owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net
Drill a 1/8" hole in the end of the crack, this will relieve stress and
stop the crack from spreading.

Widen the crack with a cut off wheel or hack saw blade (or the tool of
your choice)

Drill 1/8" holes on either side of the crack about every 1/2".

Weld a small sheet metal plate on the inside of the door, weld through
the holes you just drilled as well as the crack area.

Prep and Paint.

PS I believe late MGBs as well as new doors (door skins?) come with a
re-enforcement there.

Larry Hoy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net 
> [mailto:owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of James Jewell
> Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 11:19 AM
> To: mgb-v8@autox.team.net
> Subject: Door Crack issue
> 
> 
> All,
>     A general B question....  Other than replacing the 
> door-skins every 10 yrs., was a solution ever found for the infamous
MGB crack 
> under the mirror?  How 'bout bracing  it with another sheet of metal
epoxied on 
> the inside of the door?
> James J.

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