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Re: MGB patch panel

To: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>, mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: MGB patch panel
From: Allen Hess <allenhess@mgcarclub.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:14:46 -0400
> Definitely use engine oil or a runny preservative in the narrow  
> gaps between
> sill and cover panel, don't just spray Waxoyl over the top of the gap.

I have also been thinking of using the panel epoxy so as not to undo  
any rust preventative with the heat from welding and warping along  
the horizontal seam.

Allen
On Aug 16, 2006, at 10:31 AM, Paul Hunt wrote:

> I've documented my experiences at
> http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/wn_bodyframe.htm and click on '1/4-panel
> replacement'.  Since then I've seen one recommendation to leave a  
> flange
> from the old panel all the way down the edge of the B-post, rather  
> than
> fully removing the lower part of the panel and plug-welding the new  
> to the
> B-post, but I think it would depend on how far the corrosion has gone
> towards the B-post.  *Definitely* only cut away as little as you  
> can, and
> use as little of the new panel as you can, to put the join as low as
> possible.  Don't offer up the full repair panel to the wing and cut  
> to that.
> Definitely use engine oil or a runny preservative in the narrow  
> gaps between
> sill and cover panel, don't just spray Waxoyl over the top of the gap.
>
> PaulH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>> I am about to begin the rear dog leg panel replacement. Does anyone
>> have any tips or advice like "If I were doing it again, I'd do it
>> this way . . . "




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