"Elle" <honda.lioness@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
news:RaPKj.12851$yD6.12544@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "Jim Yanik" <jyanik@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>> "Elle" <honda.lioness@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>>> I think any solution here is going to be an annoyance, so
>>> you have to be motivated.
>>>
>>> Honda-tech.com has a fair amount of discussion of folks
>>> trying to fix these panels with riveting, various putties
>>> and epoxies, and welding. See for example:
>>> http://www.honda-tech.com/z*****hread?id=881836&page=1
.
>>> OTOH, the rocker panel areas may be structurally unsound
>>> (may fail when a jack is placed underneath). Hence, as
>>> you
>>> probably know, the inspection failure. I am not so sure a
>>> cheap fix would let me sleep at night, besides.
>>
>> good points.I was thinking of some states that fail cars
>> if they have rust
>> holes in the bodywork. Even patching them with metal tape
>> gets them past
>> the inspection.
>
> I read you about how little fixes to improve appearance are
> possible. Yet right now, for example, I do have concerns
> about the jacking points on my own 1991 Civic. It was driven
> in the Northern U.S. for about half its life, and the jack
> points are corroded/ing. I have to start getting used to
> jacking at the control arms or front and rear points.
>
>> I know Florida and the southern states still have a lot of
>> CRX's running
>> around. We don't get much rust here,unless you live near
>> the seashore.
>> Here,the paint,plastic and cloth goes first.
>
> I am annoyed that my Civic's sills (the equivalent to rocker
> panels?) cannot really be replaced properly except by
> welding. Tegger talked to me about it, along with some posts
> at Honda-tech.com . So I contemplate (dream, really) of
> buying a shell and switching engines or similar. (Plus I
> have this wild idea that I must switch at least one engine
> out before I die or get too old to be able to handle it
> physically, or my life will be incomplete. :-)) )
My very first car was built from two Triumph Heralds(4 seat 2dr sedan),one
whose motor had broken a rod and went thru the block.I had to swap the
motor with Dad's help and guidance,and then the driver's door,convertible
top and trunk lid.
1200cc's and slower than a VW,but a fun car that I drove all the way out
to
Denver(from Buffalo).It really didn't have enough power for the mountains
and high altitude of Denver.USAF auto hobby shops were a valued asset!
I've also pulled motors on a Cadillac and an English Ford Anglia.
--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net
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