Called fire department buddy. Got very negative response. His life is spiralling out of control. Wife and mother wrecking his cars. Every time he tries to weld on Doodle Bug something else falls off. County politics bad. Daughter won't toilet train. List goes on and on. The boy needs a vacation BAD (other than taking wife to see relatives in Buffalo). Am seriously considering treating him to some R&R. Is old and dear friend so would be money well spent. Of course that doesn't help you... He's terrified of opening another can of worms. Envisions DeLorean disintegrating in driveway the way Doodle Bug is in garage. Doesn't have utmost confidence in little silver cars to begin with. Am struggling to make SEDOC myself. AFTER that, may consider two pronged attack in DC: - Get fire department buddy out of Dodge for a weekend (all wife will allow) - Reduce your crumple tube project to welding only. Can drive my truck to DC (his is out of service) and use to transport your car without him. You can prepare replacement section(s). If I buy him a vacation, surely he can reimburse with some well placed welds. Truth be told, once you got him started could probably get whole afternoon of honest to goodness fabrication. But before then he needs to think is welding that bottom plate only. Did I mention he modified frame of his truck himself from an old tow truck? The boy really is quite good. Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> wrote: > It's supposed to be the bottom part of the tube. I did a test fit > today. It's close but as you say the edges will need to be bent up or > trimmed off to make a perfect fit. > > I also believe that more of the remaining metal on the bottom will > need to be cut away for the new piece to fit. > > The metal that the steering bracket is mounted to will need to be > welded to this new bottom plate. The metal of the crumple tube where > the passenger side steering bracket mounts to shifts slightly under > pressure because the metal it was welded to was cut away. > > The condition of the piece I have is light surface rust. It appears to > be at least as thick as the original material. > > > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "timnagin" <timnagin@xxxx> wrote: > > It looks like that would be the top section of the crumple tube > partially > > viewable from standing in front of your car, looking down from the > top. Of > > course this would mean the bonnet/luggage compartment cover would be > in the > > way. I do not recall how many sections are involved with putting > this piece > > together, but this piece looks like it could be bent to form the sides. > > Other pieces would have to be welded on to make a complete assembly. > > > > It may help if you look at the crumple tube picture at > > http://www.pjgrady.com/lgspec.asp?id=30 and then take your picture and > > rotate it one hundred and eighty degrees. > > > > What is the condition and the thickness of the piece of steel you have? > > > > Greg > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: cruznmd [mailto:racuti1@xxxx] > > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 2:06 PM > > To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [DMCForum] Steel for frame repair > > > > > > Bill: (and you's guys) > > > > In photos under #5335 I put a photo of the steel piece that > > apparently was cut by the p.o.'s to repair my crumple tube. > > > > Just look at it and see if it makes any sense. I'm going outside to > > place it to see if it even fits. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Rich Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=256694.3867555.5111023.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1750639/R=2/id=noscript/SIG=11fl5bu29/*http://webevents.yahoo.co m/universal/rundown/> <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=256694.3867555.5111023.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1750639/rand=337191029> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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