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Old 24-11-04, 05:25
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Default Re: Re: THE NEXT PROBLEM

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Originally posted by Alex Blair
Get the TIG or Mig welder out and fill in the dastardly hole...Grind smooth...Redrill and retap to what ever size you want...You are now restarting with a new deck..
Half hour should do it....
Insert or welder work grand, welder cheaper more labour though, just don't do as my chum did and use a stainless rod for the welding, lol. Funny how he couldn't keep the high speed steel drill bit straight, it kept sneeaking off to the side in to the softer base metal.

Sean

PS so is the bolt out?
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