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Lindsay36551
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Panel extraction

Unread post by Lindsay36551 » September 24th, 2017, 4:38 pm

OK , Panels are kicking my ass!!!!
Any tricks to this trade?
Basically butchering every connection point(weld ,Plug surface) Is this the correct way or am I a bull in a china shop?
This is on extraction of old panels only!
1967 M-35-a2-D SOLD
1973 M151A2
M151 A1-SOLD
196? franken MUTT
M1oo trailer-sold
1963 M151-sold
1968 M416 trailer
1988 998 Humvee-4 man
1994 998 Humvee-up armored

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rickf
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Re: Panel extraction

Unread post by rickf » September 24th, 2017, 8:35 pm

Lndsay, Bodywork is a learned trade, it is not something you just jump into and expect to be perfect at. It takes years of practice. I could probably help but you need to learn to put pictures on the computer. Postimige is a very easy program to use and TJ wrote up a good tutorial on how to use it. It is a sticky in the General section. Cutting out spot welds is not a job where the panels just fall apart, 7 out of 10 will hang and have to be cut with a spot weld panel separator tool. Or a sharpened heavy putty knife which is what I use for the most part. But if they are cut correctly the panel will not be mangled. It sounds like you are either not getting the bit centered or you are not cutting deep enough. Again, we need pictures to see what the problem is.
1964 M151A1
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone

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