Fender bolts on

The bolts in the engine conpartment, one underneath the rocker one from inside to the left of the fuse box and one bolt you'll see if you open the door and look directly towards the fender from the door hinge. Not too bad to take off.

Chip Foose would do something way cooler than just fix the cowl...but I like classics....

 

To take the fender off, youre gonna have to remove half the front end of your car. Mustang's are unibody so just about everything is connected to something. Cowl vent work is expensive but it can be done by yourself if you take the time and have the patience to do it. You do NOT need a mig welder. You can use weld bond adhesive instead, I've used it in several cases and i've seen it used on Cowl vent repairs. Ive had no problems with weld bond adhesive yet...except that its expensive.

 

You are not talking about JB-weld are you? If so, you may have had luck with it, but I haven't. If not, then what is it, and where can you get it?

 

I think I'd be a little afraid to use anything but a welder on the cowl vent. It is held on with 200 spot welds for a reason. Just 'glueing' it on seems liek a reciipie for disaster.

Phil

 

I'm talking about SEM's weld bond adhesive:




I haven't tried JB weld so i couldn't tell you anything about it. SEM has worked great for me (so far). I've used it to glue on my roof and i havent had any problems with anything since early this year even while taking corners at higher speeds, nothing "popped" out. I also have a friend who replaced a roof skin on his Nova about three years ago also using SEM weld bond adhesive and his roof looks great even to this day.

As far as where to get it, you can get it at just about any hardware store or home improvement. Im not sure if Napa/pep/advance carry this, they may but i wouldn't count on it.

 

I'm with Pak on this one... the article posted above talks about having to reinforce the body to keep it from sagging while the repair is in progress. That's just sitting still. I'd feel a lot more secure with good old fashioned welds in a structural area.

 

Thanks for the info Ivan. I learn something everyday.

 

IclutchI:

I just read the article from mustang monthly and didn't see anything 'about having to reinforce the body to keep it from sagging while the repair is in progress' Did I miss something or was it a different article?

Thanks for the info.

Phil

 

Yeah, I agree Clutch. But what is this crap about reenforcing the body to do a cowel repair> That cowel area doesn't support any body structural enforcement while the car is sitting still.

 

Sorry, I read it yesterday and was working from memory. If you were to do both sides at the same time you would need some kind of reinforcement.