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Re: More on my '77 Midget

Subject: Re: More on my '77 Midget
From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:30:58 -0800 (PST)
Cc: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
In-reply-to: <584dece3.36658829@aol.com>
Reply-to: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
Could the bondo be used for for sound deadening of a rattling timing
chain?
Ulix


On Wed, 2 Dec 1998 Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:

> No dents that I saw.  The Bondo covers the entire cover above the pulley,
> including the bolts, so it was put on with the cover in place.  The Bondo has
> little whisps in it like icing on a really nice cake!
> 
> Allen Hefner
> '77 Midget (no candles!)
> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
> 
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> 
> In a message dated 12/2/98 11:41:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, adrian@icx.net
> writes:
> 
> << Was there a dent in the cover?  Maybe he filled it and forgot to sand
> before
>  refitting!  heh heh. Or maybe he threw a rod at some point and decided to
> test the
>  high strength of Bondo by fixing the block with it.  You may want to look
> around
>  some more.  :-)  That's quite a find tho!
>  
>  adrian
>  
>  Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
>  
>  > As I was poking around under the bonnet, I saw another example of the DPO.
>  >
>  > I was looking down the front of the engine and I noticed a large amount of
> GOO
>  > on the timing chain cover.  It looked oily and dirty, so I picked a bit off
> to
>  > see how hard it was.  As I did this, almost the whole chuck came off in one
>  > piece, leaving the relatively clean (slight surface rust) cover exposed.
>  >
>  > Inspection showed that it was actually Bondo that was smeared on the cover
> and
>  > left there to dry!  About 1/2" thick. >>
> 

    Ulix                                                    __/__,__        
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                                                           '67 Sprite


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