- 1. Hood Header Rail? (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Endicott <endicott@nashville.com>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 13:55:20 -0600
- Today I removed the old hood (top) that is in need of replacing. All of the parts look fine except that my question regarding the originality of my top have been answered. I don't know how many have
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00929.html (7,713 bytes)
- 2. Re: Hood Header Rail? (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 15:19:03 -0500
- I had rivet tails inside my header rail also. I drilled a 3/8" hole in one end of the rail, and this was big enough that all the junk could be shaken or pulled out through the hole. Instead of using
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00930.html (8,996 bytes)
- 3. Re: Hood Header Rail? (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Endicott <endicott@nashville.com>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 19:45:14 -0600
- Thanks to Steve, Frank and Daniel. I am happy to report that a 3/8 hole did let 30 pop rivet "tails" out of my header rail. This must be the third top on my car, not bad at 10 years each. The rail ha
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00940.html (8,292 bytes)
- 4. Re: Hood Header Rail? (score: 1)
- Author: Alan Fisher <hello39@idt.net>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 21:35:52 -0500
- Mark, I remember an old tech tip. Buy a can of that insulation that has a spray tip. Squirt it into the hole with the applicator tip and then let it expand inside and capture those little rivet scrap
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00941.html (8,574 bytes)
- 5. Re: Hood Header Rail? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 13:45:29 +1100
- Be *very* careful. That stuff is a recipe for hyperactive rust. It is pourous and holds water a long time. I *think* it is also activated by an acid so that wouldn't help either. I have seen a sprite
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00943.html (9,834 bytes)
- 6. Re: Hood Header Rail? (score: 1)
- Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 19:05:41 -0800 (PST)
- I agree on the expanding foam. For a while, a similar foam was actually officially offered as a cavity treatment. But it was found out that the foam came "unstuck" from the metal and created a tiny s
- /html/spridgets/1999-01/msg00944.html (11,493 bytes)
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