Re: [BaadAssGremlins] One Step Foward & Two Steps Back

[Davis Martin <martin-davis@xxxx>]

Doc,

 I have two words for ya. SHITE HAPPENS :o)>  I went to install my water temp and oil gauges lastnight and found out I bought the wrong size bezel panel. Now this mornin I have to figure another way to mount them. I didn't want to hack up any of the dash but now I am gonna see what I can do with the extra radio dash center piece I have. Always good to have extra parts.

 Davis

AMC74HORNET@xxxx wrote:

> My test with the plastic model stripper on the top of the dash to bring
> the color back was a dismal failure brough on by stupidity on my part by
> not following one of my own rules. Test a product in a spot not seen. I
> couldn't do it so I tested it and I had a half a dozen small cracks
> develop in the test area. I knew that sometimes on old plastic models
> this stripper has a tendency to make old plastic that is britle crack
> but figured that since the dash is 2-3 times the thickness of a model
> body I was ok. No such luck!!!! The cracks were frustrateing but a
> blessing in disguise. They developed in an area where on the underneath
> of the dash I had glued the 3/4X34 plexiglass bar to remove a bit of
> warpage. I got most of it out but it was under tension. I planned on
> installing the frame in the car and with the hot weaher comeing not
> tightening all
> the top dash screws tight all at once. I figured at the
> end of each hot day after sitting in the sun and the dash hot I would
> tighten the screws a little utill they were tight and the dash would not
> be under tension where I glued the plexiglass. With the cracking from
> the stripper experiment most of the tension is now gone on  that side
> and the dash is straighter now. Now I am in the process of repairing the
> cracks with my Plastic Welding System Glue backed up with model sheet
> plastic on the underside of the dash. I will simulate the vinal grain in
> the crack repair on the visible top side of the dash with my electric
> tool engraver. I an also going to experiment with some JB Weld epoxy on
> plastic that I bought yesterday. On an old trashed plastic part interior
> part. Someone said they used it for such a repair on the AMX files. A
> mid April installation of the dash has now been pushed to the end of the
> month due to this !@#$%^&* stupid
> setback for which I have no one to
> blame but myself. 
> "Doc"