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Rustyj14
11-20-2005 12:57:45
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Re: Dent Pounding in reply to BobReeves, 11-20-2005 07:20:28
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First: The dent on the long side: Using a pair of Channellock pliers, place a flat piece of steel, 'bout 1/4 inch thick, on the outside of that dent. Then, using the pliers, prying on the tin, and using the flat steel as a backup, bend the edge out reasonably close to where it should be. Then, after you get it out as far as it will go, turn the piece up so the dented part is on the floor, and using a big screwdriver, and a hammer, pick out the rest of the dent as much as you can, then grind and Bondo it. Then, for the other part, lay it upside down with the formed edge on a hard surface, and, using a flat piece of steel, about 1/4 inch(round the corners) thick, by 1 1/2" wide, hammer the tin back into reasonable shape, and after that is done, grind it to bare metal, and bondo it! If you can't figure what i mean, please write and i'll send a drawing, as the preceding is auto body man stuff, not usually decipherable by somebody who isn't one! Rusty
p.s. Be careful not to stretch the metal higher than it should be! It's a bear to get it back to the correct place! Better to fill, than kill!
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