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Gary WV

01-06-2004 17:35:18




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I just put a 2N in my garage today to start restoring. I just recently retired and getting involved in some woodworking and restoring my tractor( my first one). I have two questions; What can be done with the bolt holes where the square shank carriage bolts are used if the hole is rusted out? Have any of you used any of the rust killer products that leaves a primer coating that is supposed to be sandable?

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Butch

01-06-2004 18:52:20




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 Re: 2N bodywork in reply to Gary WV, 01-06-2004 17:35:18  
Get some 16 Ga. steel (I assume this is a hood or fender problem) and make patches to be welded in place of the rusted areas. Don't make the mistake of making the patches too small, the ares close to the rust through may be very thin also. If I had a 1" rust hole my patch would be at least 2". I always make square patches if I can because the patch is easier to cut and it's also easier to cut a suare hole in the part. I use a die grinder with a cut off disk to cut both the patch and part. If you or a buddy don't have a MIG welder take the patches and parts to a body shop to get them welded in, fit them yourself before hand to save a few bucks. Also have them hammer and dolly the patched area if they will to save yourself some filler. To get the square holes, drill to the size of the flats on the square and hand file the corners out to square. If the metal around the holes is sound a quick, but non original looking way to do the same thing would be to get some non-plated fender washers with the right sized hole to start with, file the hole square and weld them to the panels. I did one this way and it actualy does not look bad, at least to me. I don't know a thing about the rust killer products because I dont use them. I would seem logical that one would have to comprimise its sealing qualites to be sandable. I would just spray a sandable sufacer over the rust killer product if it was me. You can buy the sanding primer-surfacers in spray bombs or the PPG Omni number is MP181.

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Gary WV

01-07-2004 13:13:44




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 Re: Re: 2N bodywork in reply to Butch, 01-06-2004 18:52:20  
Thanks much for the advice Butch.



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