stress holes as in drilled holes, or just rusted out spaces? When the driver
side door first started to crack, my MG mechanic told me to drill a hole at the
end of the crack to help stop it from going further.
Joanna
dresden@tiac.net wrote:
> > The big reason why my test was not too tough though
> >was that my car has no vent windows. (it has aeroscreens
> >instead of a windshield)
> >
> > The crack appears where it does because of stress
> >caused by the vent window, which isn't there to help
> >it reappear now.
> >
> AH HA! After reading Trevor's description, I think I may actually HAVE the
> crack of doom, though to me, the fix described doesn't seem all that
> difficult, so I don't see why such an appellation is affixed to the
> problem. I assumed mine weren't stress cracks (and maybe they're not)
> because they are little rust holes right at the back edge of the vent
> windows, and my car sat for more than a decade outside...more likely they
> were caused by water constantly running down the edge of the vent window.
> But they could have started off as stress cracks. I don't know, does that
> sound like the COD to other listers, or another type of problem? I've seen
> rust at the rear corners of vent windows before, but never stress cracks...
>
> Nevin
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