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Re: installing new TR3 sill

To: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>, triumph listserv <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: installing new TR3 sill
From: Roger Helman <rogerh@digimation.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 11:02:58 -0600
Organization: Digimation.com
References: <7340d62a.351142f8@aol.com> <3511467E.14C3245D@gte.net>
    Could you attach a clean straw, like the ones that come with wd40, to the
spray can? I think this would give you better access?

Roger

Joe Curry wrote:

> I am wondering this myself.  The problem is that you can paint the panel
> inside and make it totally rustproof and when you put the panel over it,
> you apply heat either with a MIG welder, spot welder or some other type
> of attaching device.  THis effectively burns holes in the painted
> surface and leaves it again exposed to the elements.
>
> What I did after attaching the panels is to spray paint into the access
> holes as best I could to cover any bare metal and then prayed a lot that
> I got it all.
>
> Joe Curry
>
> Lftlesl wrote:
> >
> > Dear List-
> > I just received a new passenger side sill for my TR3B, and it is, of course,
> > just bare metal.. Before I cut off the old one and stick this one on, I want
> > to prime inside the channel.  To those of you who have done this before, how
> > can I make sure I completely cover the inside surfaces?
> > TIA,
> > Les Landon
> > Baton Rouge
>
> --
> "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
>
>  -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer



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