Re: '49-'51 ford,merc.,linc. Hood release
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Originally Posted by Alaska Jim
51 Merc Ct, when you drilled the hole in the release mechanism, did you take it off the car? I just came in from the shop. I tried to drill it on the car and promptly dulled 2 New good quality drill bits, not the cheap stuff, 1 a carbide. how tough is that metal?. I guess it is possible that I got a couple of bad bits. I will buy some new ones when I next go into town.-----im
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Was done on the car using a cobalt drill out of a Harbor Freight (Chinese) drill set.
Drill speed (slow) is critical. As I recall I re-sharpened it once.
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Last edited by 51 MERC-CT; 11-19-2016 at 03:46 AM.
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