I'm disappointed, you didn't use Shoe Goo for anything.... On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 06:26 -0800, "Jim Cathey" <j...@windwireless.net> wrote: > Time for a bit of TLC on the Frankenheap. I aired the tires and > checked the oil, good. I re-oiled the fan clutch bearing, just in > case. The hood pad has been coming down, so I got out a rubber glove > and the big can of crappy environmentally-friendly contact cement that > I hate and slathered some around, then used a broom to hold it up > while it dried. It never did want to stick well, so I went to the > brush pile and found a long hardwood stick, about 1/2" in diameter at > the small end, and wedged it behind the lip of the hood at one side. > I then eyeballed it at the other (fat) end and cut it at an angle that > would wedge into that side. I then bowed the stick and tucked the > wedge in. The stick bows up nicely, holding the pad up in spite of > glue failures, and seems very secure. Some minor repositioning got it > out of the way of things like the windshield washer tank lid, which > protrudes upwards and is fragile plastic. A couple of thin sticks > wedged crossways behind the big stick completed the retaining web. > That should hold until the pad completely disintegrates. > > I used more penetrant on the one rusty door (LR) hinge, it seems to > have been getting a bit worse lately. I would like to remove the > hinges and heat the bad one red-hot to free it up, but they're welded > to the door frame. I could remove the door and tackle it that way, > but that still might not be pretty! I removed the broken driver's > seatback adjustment knob cover (which probably got pounded by the > seatbelt adjustment buckle on a door slam) and used cyanoacrylate glue > to put it back together. Good enough for one day's effort, I think. > > -- Jim >
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