Author |
Topic |
|
Wolf0r
Top Member
USA
2181 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2013 : 06:44:37 AM
|
I have three '08 Visions that the hood skin is separating from the inner headlight area and hood hinge. This is causing the area around the right hood hinge to crack. I plan to try re-gluing and adding some rivits to hold the panels together. I'll post photos soon. My question is what is the correct glue to bond the hood panels back? Anyone experiencing this problem? |
|
Wolf0r
Top Member
USA
2181 Posts |
|
Tb4020
Senior Member
United States
82 Posts |
Posted - 08/29/2013 : 08:24:47 AM
|
Wolf, I have a fix for that by the hinge as for the separation I bolt the two halves back together with 1/4" bolts and washers the hinge crack is from the constant pressure of the torsion bars trying to lift the hood. I have plates made to the form of the hood both left and right takes about an hour per side about $120.00 per hood both sides I made the first one steel shop copied and made me lefts and rights and powder coated them, done almost 10 of them some one side some both. I think I have some pics. |
|
|
Wolf0r
Top Member
USA
2181 Posts |
Posted - 08/29/2013 : 08:46:38 AM
|
quote: Originally posted by Tb4020
Wolf, I have a fix for that by the hinge as for the separation I bolt the two halves back together with 1/4" bolts and washers the hinge crack is from the constant pressure of the torsion bars trying to lift the hood. I have plates made to the form of the hood both left and right takes about an hour per side about $120.00 per hood both sides I made the first one steel shop copied and made me lefts and rights and powder coated them, done almost 10 of them some one side some both. I think I have some pics.
|
“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.” Neil deGrasse Tyson |
|
|
Wolf0r
Top Member
USA
2181 Posts |
Posted - 08/29/2013 : 08:49:57 AM
|
That would be awesome TB4020 if you had pics of the fix. I riveted the headlight areas already, it seemed to strengthen the hinge mount up but still cracking. quote: Originally posted by Tb4020
Wolf, I have a fix for that by the hinge as for the separation I bolt the two halves back together with 1/4" bolts and washers the hinge crack is from the constant pressure of the torsion bars trying to lift the hood. I have plates made to the form of the hood both left and right takes about an hour per side about $120.00 per hood both sides I made the first one steel shop copied and made me lefts and rights and powder coated them, done almost 10 of them some one side some both. I think I have some pics.
|
“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.” Neil deGrasse Tyson |
|
|
Tb4020
Senior Member
United States
82 Posts |
Posted - 08/29/2013 : 08:59:56 AM
|
Wolf, shoot me an email having trouble attaching the pics |
|
|
Wolf0r
Top Member
USA
2181 Posts |
Posted - 08/29/2013 : 10:42:25 AM
|
ironwolf at tds dot com. quote: Originally posted by Tb4020
Wolf, shoot me an email having trouble attaching the pics
|
“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.” Neil deGrasse Tyson |
|
|
Tb4020
Senior Member
United States
82 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2013 : 04:01:55 AM
|
wolf, the address for your e-mail won't work try me: tbrown at imlay dot k12 dot mi dot us thanks I have the pics! |
|
|
Wolf0r
Top Member
USA
2181 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2013 : 07:03:37 AM
|
sorry I should have put dot net. would you mind trying again when you get time? quote: Originally posted by Tb4020
wolf, the address for your e-mail won't work try me: tbrown at imlay dot k12 dot mi dot us thanks I have the pics!
|
“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.” Neil deGrasse Tyson |
|
|
Tb4020
Senior Member
United States
82 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2013 : 07:47:25 AM
|
pics sent! |
|
|
Wolf0r
Top Member
USA
2181 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2013 : 09:11:27 AM
|
Thank you for the photos. We will be doing something similar soon before it's too late. I'm ready to sew it up with #9 wire.
|
“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.” Neil deGrasse Tyson |
|
|
Tb4020
Senior Member
United States
82 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2013 : 09:43:25 AM
|
Some have been on for three years now, there are some holes to drill you can reach the bolts through the parking light the worst part is getting the bolts out of the hinge without snapping them off. I believe the steel shop kept the pattern in their cad system. We have made several field improvements to the Vision at little cost many times cheaper than the replacement parts from Bird, farmer engineering at work! |
|
|
Thomas Ford 85-16
Top Member
USA
4177 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2013 : 5:49:30 PM
|
Tb4020, I see your buses on the road! They look good. I am not surprised the person to come up with that fix would be so local...I am sure I know the steel shop you are using. What is up with the buses going in and out of that body shop near Dove's? Is the neighboring district doing more rehab rather than replacing? |
|
|
Tb4020
Senior Member
United States
82 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2013 : 04:05:04 AM
|
Big D's Kustoms is the body shop by dove's he's very good treats the school well. He just did a job for me didn't ask for an est. when he gave me the bill I said you've got more into it than that he said well yeah but, so I told him I don't mind paying for a job well done make it right! JAS is the steel shop we use they treat us very well also. As for the other district they aren't buying new ones so they have no choice the "boys in blue" have been raking them over the coals the past couple years. |
|
|
Thomas Ford 85-16
Top Member
USA
4177 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2013 : 7:19:31 PM
|
I am very familiar with JAS through my work as well. I usually try to maintain some anonymity on here for privacy sake, but it is fun to know when someone is so local. I will quit hijacking the thread now. |
|
|
|
Topic |
|