Hey Ron,
I watched as my body guy did my shock towers and he was very careful
to line them up exactly where the old ones came off. Hopefully you still
have enough of the old originals left to carefully SCRIBE around them in
order to put the new ones back in place. He first tacked them on the
corners then laid his bead all the way around them.
Norm Nocks JIG idea is a good one and looks like it would be easy enough
to make but my body guy knew he could get it right with out.
He used a Mig welder on all of my body. Man am I glad that phase is
done.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Fine Esq." <ronfineesq@earthlink.net>
To: <Healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 11:32 AM
Subject: Replacing Shock Mounting Plate
> I need to replace the left front shock mounting plate on my BN7 (this
weekend
> hopefully). There was a very bad repair job many years ago which I
discovered
> when I tried to replace the shock recently. The existing plate is a mess
and
> I have a new plate ready to weld on. I will be doing the R&R myself but I
> would like to get any helpful hints on aligning the new plate. The right
> plate is in good shape so I can use it for a guide. I have Norm Nock's
"Tech
> Talk" which has a simple diagram on page 167. The usual diagrams in the
shop
> manuals are hard to read even after blowing them up on my copy machine.
Does
> anyone have any helpful hints or advise (other than "take it to a
> professional")?
> Thanks in advance.
> Ron Fine
> 61BN7
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