Thread: 47-55.1 My 54
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Old 01-29-2023, 09:28 AM   #19
8man
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Re: My 54

Raven, thank you.

I have been watching Wray for a while, and I have the large makers, I used an LED work light to check for pin holes and I've been using the hammer and dolly on the weld areas, bringing up the lows and down the highs. I spent about 4 hours yesterday on it and it is significantly better than it was. I plan to spend a few more hours on it to see if I can make it any better. I am at about 1/16" low in a few small areas, as best as I can tell with my hand bent template.

I have tried Wray's shrinking discs on the back. I think they worked on the areas where I used them, the welds are still too rough for that.

The area under the old gas filler hole was dented in pretty bad at the door jamb. I got it into pretty good shape, but it will take some filler there to get it back to level with the door. With the door jamb and the 90-degree bends in that steel, it's not moving very good. I may need a bigger hammer to get that last bit.
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