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Kerry Pinkerton 11-16-2017 08:52 PM

Interesting job
 
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A motorhome friend came to see me today with an interesting problem. He has the Vogue Diesel Pusher motorhome from the early '90's and had backed into a post and crunched the engine cooling louvers.

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The louvers were welded into a bracket then into a U channel frame and then welded TO the frame. I THINK the material was 5052 aluminum but it was pretty stiff, There was a turned and flattened lip on the outside. I spent a while thinking out to attack the problem and finally decided that I could cut the worst 3 in half and then cut them loose. After that, it was straight hammer and dolly work. The other bent ones were able to be straightened without removing them. Once everything was straightened, I TIGGED it back in place and cleaned up the welds with some Vixen files.

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My friend will have it soda blasted and then painted in the correct colors.

RockHillWill 11-17-2017 06:43 AM

Looks like it turned out great, he should be very happy.

crystallographic 11-17-2017 11:12 AM

With the right equipment, doing those "flat" repairs is lots easier than going at it without ...
You got that nice straight look back, Kerry.
(tigged with 5356 filler?)

Kerry Pinkerton 11-17-2017 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by crystallographic (Post 141310)
...(tigged with 5356 filler?)

No, I used what was on hand...4043. Seemed to weld fine, nice puddle and flowout.

Gojeep 11-18-2017 05:47 AM

Worked out well Kerry.

Overkill 11-18-2017 01:33 PM

Great job
 
Looks good Kerry!

longyard 11-18-2017 07:20 PM

Kerry, Looks great, and you saved the owner a fortune!

I did a two-panel replacement job on an aluminum motor home a couple of years ago. The owner told me what replacement panels cost, and it was in the thousands. I wheeled him two panels for much less than $1k. Surprising amount of crown in those thing at the corners.

He wanted to use original style pop-rivets to attach the panels, and they were 70 cents each!

racer-john 11-19-2017 07:16 PM

Interesting job
 
Nice work Kerry.


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