[TPR] Passenger rear splash shield repair

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Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:

>Hey all,
>Ever since I've owned my Pantera, the passenger side rear splash shield
>mounting bracket has been broken.  I never honestly noticed it until
>some years back.  The bracket was actually being used to sandwich the
>lip of the fender, which gave the appearance of the splash shield being
>flush with the bottom of the fender opening.
>
>This bracket is spot welded to the inside of the fender in two places. 
>One is the seam where the fender and rocker meet, and the other is at
>the bottom seam of the rocker.
>
>How do you weld this sucker back in without destroying the paint?
>
>A MIG welder and some heat fence.
>
>Attached is the result.
>We cleaned all undercoat from the areas being welded on both the bracket
>and the fender.  We then clamped it to the fender at the bottom rocker
>seam with a pair of Vise-Grips.  We puttied up some Heat Fence on both
>sides of the fender-to-rocker seam and went at it.  I should mention
>that it was a friend who did the actual welding.
>
>Just for S&Gs we used an infrared thermometer to monitor the temperature
>of the paint on the outside of the fender.  It never got above about
>140*.  Nice!  The other photo is of the fender exterior -after- the
>welding was complete.
>
>Now I can put all the decals back, -and- mount the splash shield where
>it's supposed to be.... without needing to prep and paint the fender. 
>Oh this makes me a happy camper.  :)
>
>And, we also worked on the roll cage, making some fine tuning
>adjustments.  I'll be taking it in for powder coating this week and
>hopefully have it back by next weekend so we can re-install it.  Which
>reminds me... I better order some roll bar padding.
>
>Asa Jay
>
>-- 
>Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>& Shelley Marie
>Spokane, WA
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