stress cracks
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Car: 1989 TA
Engine: 406
Transmission: 400
Axle/Gears: 9 inch
stress cracks
am painting my 89ta and have the stress crack so often seen on f bodys. they are small by the top rear off the window in the car how do i fix and prevent this from comming back
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what should i use to weld them. what type of welder, do i need to remove the interrior to do it without a fire starting?
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Car: 1988 trans am GTA
Engine: 350 tpi
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we used a tig welder on a freinds car and we removed any intierior that was near it just incase... sparks fall down too so put somthing over the seats if the doors open. and do one small tack at a time so you dont warp anything
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Car: 1988 trans am GTA
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MIG i ment to type in mig and knoticed it more then 5 mins after i wrote the message and couldnt edit it.... thats pretty stupid that you cant edit it after 5 mins if you ask me!
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Dangit, I wish the guy I bought my car from had done this before he painted it I was redoing my seals this weekend so all I could do for the time being was add a dab of black silicone to cover the cracks. How far will they spread?
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Mine are about 1/4" also but it bugs me that a person knew they were there and just painted over the cracks trying to hide it. I also asked the dude of any rust problems and he said NONE, I replaced my interior this weekend and sure as chit there was rust on the floor boards I did what I could to repair them without having to tear, weld, replace etc so I hope my repairs last awhile (until my next paint job)
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Car: 1988 trans am GTA
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i really dont think the crack will go more then a 1/4 of an inch now that you have sfc even if you didnt have them i dont think it would get to much bigger id say to leave it untill your gunna paint the whole car
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