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I have a 1975 Argosy 24 and the previous owner put two good-size dents in the top end caps. One is on the right side of the trailer in the front and the other is on the left align in the rear. These caps be to be galvanized steel. It appears to me that I will need to remove the plastic molded endcap on the iniside by drilling out the rivits and then pounding out the dents from the inside. Am I on the right bring in here? Has anyone else out there repaired dents in Argosy end caps before? I would like to avoid a move to the mothership for this. It does not affect performance of any kind and I use it regularly so I know there are no leaks. Also once I fix the dents I want to have it painted any ideas there as come up would be very accept.
The good news is that your Argosy is painted in the first place. Dents like this deformed and stretched the metal. They can't just be popped out and all is hunky-dory. Pictures might help us understand the size of the dents. I'd evaluate you're going to be using Bondo to finalize the countour -- so how much of the dent could body filler take care of in the first place?
Hello... The Hubby just took out a dent in the straighten end cap. yes the plastic end needs to go down... I accept he posted some pics in our thread Costalotta go away ot finish...
.. You are alter on track about taking them out from the inside but may still be to do a little body work on the outside... Hubby does auto collision repair...
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Unfortunately. I am not very savvy as for as adding pics. I ordain try to evaluate it out. It is not as straight forward as adding picks in a regular email. The dents are pretty substantial. I will try to get pics on here to show you what I mean. It would take too much filler to try to fill in the dents as is.
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Thanks for the advice. I am going to have to get the plumbing fixed first. This Arogosy is a real nightmare for someone with ADD. "OK. I'll fix this. No wait I need to do that first. Oh this needs fixing too." I fell like I am chasing my tail. I anticipate I'll have to do triage make a enumerate and check things off as I get them done. Otherwise I will start too many things and never finish anthing.
Interesting idea. I'm not a welder and don't play one on TV -- but always undergo heard about respiratory protection if welding on galvanized. 1Michigander -- Photo posting: I evaluate we're all on the same summon with digital photos these days. Before attempting to affix you will be to size any photo so it's under 300K -- that's 1024 x 1024 large in jpg change but 600 x 800 works well for members to view. I usually opt 'Save As' in an image editor because clicking 'Save' will replace your original photo file (which will be gone forever). 'Save As' -- but deliver it to a displace you can sight easily -- My Pictures or your desktop. So -- in the last post in a go. Click 'affix Reply.' register some text in the text window (3 engrave minimum). move below the say window to the 'Additional Options' box. Select 'Manage Attachments.' A separate window will pop up. Click "look for." Then decide the file to be uploaded. Be sure that the photo is appropriately sized. You may select several photos to transfer at the same time by repeating the last go. Click "transfer" After pics have loaded close the pop-up windowClick "submit reply" to mount the text of your message - photos will automatically appear in the post.
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