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For $25,000 .. and, the right -- to come-back, next week ...

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  1. RickCoMatic

    RickCoMatic Well-Known Member

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    How did I repair this broken Float Hinge Pillar?

    (Remember, I'm Old Schooled! )
     

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    Lead??
     
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    Re: For $25,000 .. and, the right -- to come-back, next week

    silver solder

    and.....a TUNA CAN :lol: :wink:
     
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    with, time, love of the carb, and great frustration you used solder.------maybe
     
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    JB weld?
     
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    stankinjankins forgot the part where you heated it an basicly weld it back on
     
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    Re: For $25,000 .. and, the right -- to come-back, next week

    Thats my guess too.

    I have done a little bit of leading on a 1940 Chevy roof to fill in some nasty pits from all the years of rust.
     
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    looks kind of like a wire lug and solder
    but the point is you fixed it
     
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  9. RickCoMatic

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    No. Not JB Weld.

    They didn't even have that stuff when I learned how to do this.

    We had a couple really close guesses.

    Solution:

    Drill a small hole through the portion of the pillar below the area to get repaired.
    Square-off the pillar on each side.
    Strip a section of narrow-gauge wire and push it through the drilled hole.
    Put the hinge pin where it belongs.
    Bring the wire ends up and "Twist" them ... splice-fashion -- above the inserted Hinge Pin.
    Twist the wire tight and "Flatten" the sides extending up to the twist.
    Cut-off the excess leaving a good portion of the Twist.
    Wipe the copper wire with Flux.
    Heat the wire with a Soldering Iron and a bit of Silver Solder until the solder runs. Apply another dab of Solder and let the wire heat-up until the Solder is molten.

    Remove the heat and keep running-in Solder until the entire length of the wire is filled with Solder.
    Let it run and "Build-up" all over the wire.

    Let it cool.
    Multiple "Emery Board" shaping is next.
    Finish with a Dremel and extra-fine sanding DISCS (Not Bits)

    Badda-Bing
    Badda-Boom.
    (Frustration free!)

    Old School Method
    By: Rick Massey
    ALL Rights Reserved.
     
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    Re: For $25,000 .. and, the right -- to come-back, next week

    I don't think I was born yet! (thinkin' bout it I KNOW I wasn't) I love the ingenuity of the "old schoolers" and I think that's why I like this site so much. I'm definitely the kind of guy to work with what I have, so I'm with ya all the way Rick!
     
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    JB Weld was invented in 1968. You must be older than I thought!
     
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  12. RickCoMatic

    RickCoMatic Well-Known Member

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    Dono:

    The one truly great thing about "Pushin'-60" is ... I was one of the lucky ones to have done most of my growin'-up back IN the '60's!

    It wasn't "Classic Rock" back then!
    The sound was new!
    Wheels. You needed wheels.
    Money. You didn't have much.

    So the wheels you bought with the little money you had needed to run.
    You had two choices.
    Fix-it-up, yourself - or - walk.

    For the "Children of the '60's" ... you learned to wrench out of necessity!
    You learned fine-tuning ... not to be fast!
    Just to "Keep-up"
     
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    I rebuilt a worn-out brass butterfly shaft on my riding mower doing the same thing. Great tip!
     
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