the way i fixxed mine was to weld the crack wita piece of metal on the back
side.its held for over 5 years now
gary kendall
----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Hoy <larryhoy@prodigy.net>
To: Bob DeWeese <bearlock@erols.com>; MG Mailing List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 10:50 PM
Subject: RE: Crack of doom #&%^*@%!!!!
> Bobby I had the same experience with the crack of doom. I explained to
the
> body shop how I wanted it repaired. I guess he figured that he had a
better
> way ... he didn't. Mine waited about 1 year to re-appear.
>
> I fixed it the second time and it worked well. First you have to
thoroughly
> clean the area to bare steel. Then determine where the crack ends. You
> drill a 1/8" hole at the end of the crack. Then at about 1/2" spacing
drill
> holes along each side of the crack. The next step is to form a piece of
> sheet metal to fit on the inside of the door, this just needs to be big
> enough to cover the crack and the newly drilled holes. Then you weld the
> sheet metal to the door, through the holes. At this point you just finish
> the surface and paint.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Larry Hoy
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
> > Behalf Of Bob DeWeese
> > Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 6:57 PM
> > To: MG Mailing List
> > Subject: Crack of doom #&%^*@%!!!!
>
> > As part of the body work I had the "crack of doom" repaired. I finally
> got
> > to put that right side view mirror on. Here-in lies the problem.
> >
> > About three weeks after I put the mirror back on, guess what's coming
> back.
> > THE CRACK! Now in all fairness the gut said he couldn't guarantee that
it
> > wouldn't come back, but I figured I'd get more that three weeks out of
it.
>
>
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