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Ray White
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| Quote: | | the idiot who had been tailgating me for a while recklessly overtook. I went to use the horn |
It must have worked well enough for the MoT test, surely?
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Well, I think the poor chap was so rattled by the exploding suspension he just wanted to see the back of the car.?
However, it MAY have worked yesterday ...and as you assert, the MOT is only valid for that day! |
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MikeEdwards
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Location: South Cheshire
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I think I've got rid of the crease in the roof of the project car. It was fairly in towards the centre of the roof, making it difficult to reach from above and below. I had a go using a long piece of an old banister as a dolly for the extra reach, but that didn't help. I ended up putting a vertical piece of wood between the floor and the roof, with a piece of thin play across the top spreading the load. That held the roof in place sufficiently that it didn't just flex when hammering it, and it now seems to not have the crease any more. Now I don't have any excuse to not clean off the surface rust (again) and roll on some epoxy primer before the weather gets bad.
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Ray White
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| Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2026 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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| MikeEdwards wrote: | | I think I've got rid of the crease in the roof of the project car. It was fairly in towards the centre of the roof, making it difficult to reach from above and below. I had a go using a long piece of an old banister as a dolly for the extra reach, but that didn't help. I ended up putting a vertical piece of wood between the floor and the roof, with a piece of thin play across the top spreading the load. That held the roof in place sufficiently that it didn't just flex when hammering it, and it now seems to not have the crease any more. Now I don't have any excuse to not clean off the surface rust (again) and roll on some epoxy primer before the weather gets bad. |
I have no doubt you will have greatly improved the crease in the roof. Just one thought. You might like to skim and lightly sand a thin layer of filler over the repair area just in case it should re appear after paint.
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bjacko
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Location: Melbourne Australia
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2026 7:00 am Post subject: Removing dents |
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A heat lamp may have been better than a hammer. Hammers tend to put more small dents in whereas a heat lamp with the piece of wood pushing up would probably have allowed the dent to disappear. Dent removers tend to use heat lamps and metal ball end "pushers" to push dents out, especially on modern tin cans with very thin metal.
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ukdave2002
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2026 7:36 am Post subject: Re: Removing dents |
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| bjacko wrote: | | A heat lamp may have been better than a hammer. Hammers tend to put more small dents in whereas a heat lamp with the piece of wood pushing up would probably have allowed the dent to disappear. Dent removers tend to use heat lamps and metal ball end "pushers" to push dents out, especially on modern tin cans with very thin metal. |
Shrinking discs are your answer, more controllable than traditional heat shrinking, the discs fit in normal angle grinders.
https://youtu.be/RmLl5DTu-ek?si=pNLO6MIb0qEZ7rj2 |
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MikeEdwards
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Thing is, I've never tried either of those, and I'm not sure I want to experiment in the centre of a long roof panel. There are other dents in the roof that I've removed as far as I can and will need a light skim of filler in various areas, so in a way I'd have been quite happy if I'd reversed the crease, but I don't seem to have done that. I'm aware, though, that it might be a different story once paint is on, so I may be revisiting the area. I'm intending to go to the NEC show next month, so I'll have a look for a shrinking disc and have a look at that video when I have a minute. On a time constraint this morning as the Audi is booked for MOT test soon.
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Ray White
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2026 10:15 am Post subject: |
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Every day is a school day!
I have never seen one of those before. |
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MikeEdwards
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Took the daily for it's MOT this morning, passed with one advisory on a rusty rear wheelarch. Not bad for it's age and mileage.
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Keith D
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Location: Upper Swan, Western Australia
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Some preventative maintenance on the BMW Z3 today. The fan blades on the thermonic fan are 27 years old and have done 202,000 km. The blades are plastic and I'm scared of the 'grenade effect' which happens if the blades disintergrate and fly off the fan, taking out the radiator plus other multiple damage.
Removing the old fan plus housing was ridiculously easy, thanks to Youtube. The job does not require any special tools, just a large screwdriver and a 32mm open ended spanner. The hardest part of the job was getting the left hand thread on the new clutch assembly to start onto the drive pulley.
The whole job took only half an hour.
Great to get my hands onto a spanner and dirt on my hands again!
Keith
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