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Old 03-05-2021, 04:44 PM   #6
1950MercMan
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Default Re: 1950 Mercury Hood Hinges

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I did think about restoring it, but it appears to be pot metal. Some say you can TIG weld pot metal, and I have seen others say it is very difficult because of the low melting temp. I am going to contact a welding instructor that I know to throw it by him.
That one inch square piece that the bottom of the spring attaches to is what broke off. Luckily it let loose when I only had the hood up a couple inches or I may have had a worse day at the ER. Sounded like a gunshot went off. Took me a while to find the spring which ended up in front of the battery.
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