Here's a fixit tip!

"hachiroku" <levin@ae86.gts> wrote in message
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>I waited about a week to post this, wanted to see how it would work before
> sharing a bum tip.
>
> I was installing new speakers in the Supra (the orig's were totally shot!)
> so I put in some MB Quarts, required very little modification. But, I had
> to remove 2/3 of the interior under the hatch! In the process, I broke a
> plastic cover on the clip that holds the roof in place when it is removed
> from the....roof. Very thin and brittle after 18 years, snapped in half.
>
> When I reassembled the interior I came across this piece and figured I'd
> order a new one; I'm pretty anal about stuff like that even if it IS in
> the trunk!!
>
> Just for laughs, I had some 'glue' around, so I tried it. Two weeks later
> it's still holding and you have to look hard to see the crack.
>
> What's the glue, you may ask. Well, ASK ALREADY!!!!
>
> I use Velcro for a lot of stuff...radar detectors, cell phones, etc and
> since some of my 'applications' are in odd places I found an adhesive used
> to make Velcro (the backing, that is) stick to all types of surfaces;
> porous, super smooth, etc. I used this to repair the broken piece.
>
> I have also used it since to bond metal to plastic (the clip that hold the
> trim piece onto the door lock switch), repair ripped vinyl (a little
> cloudy if you REALLY look!) and even to repair a speaker I sort of
> inadvertently ran a screwdriver through. Works very well. I expect the
> speaker won't last very long, as it made the paper cone a little brittle,
> but it's been working for 3 days.
>
> The stuff is marketed by Velcro under their brand name. Shhhhh....our
> little secret![/color]

My favorite automotive adhesive is Household Goop and Automotive Goop (the
stuff has different names but seems to be the same silicone-like goop). It
has solved all manner of problems, attaching an exterior cell phone antenna
to glass, gluing body parts back on, sealing leaks in my hiking boots, glue
cracked interior trim parts back together, patch holes in the garbage cans
that the critters chewed through, fixed the transformer housing on my
fluorescent drop light, and on and on. The drawback is that the stuff tents
to harden in the tube once it is opened so I only buy the smallest tubes I
can.
--
Ray O
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"Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message
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>[/color]
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>
> My favorite automotive adhesive is Household Goop and Automotive Goop (the
> stuff has different names but seems to be the same silicone-like goop).
> It has solved all manner of problems, gluing body parts back on,[/color]

Make sure to swab them with betadine first, otherwise you risk an infection.

"Ernie Sty" <fake_email@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message
> news:4287e$42240056$180fead6$28979@msgid.meganewsservers.com...[color=green]
>>[/color]
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>>
>> My favorite automotive adhesive is Household Goop and Automotive Goop
>> (the stuff has different names but seems to be the same silicone-like
>> goop). It has solved all manner of problems, gluing body parts back on,[/color]
>
> Make sure to swab them with betadine first, otherwise you risk an
> infection.[/color]
LOL! That's why everything was getting all full of pus!
--
Ray O
correct the return address punctuation to reply

"Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> My favorite automotive adhesive is Household Goop and Automotive Goop
>>> (the stuff has different names but seems to be the same silicone-like
>>> goop). It has solved all manner of problems, gluing body parts back on,[/color]
>>
>> Make sure to swab them with betadine first, otherwise you risk an
>> infection.[/color]
> LOL! That's why everything was getting all full of pus![/color]

:-)

I waited about a week to post this, wanted to see how it would work before
sharing a bum tip.

I was installing new speakers in the Supra (the orig's were totally shot!)
so I put in some MB Quarts, required very little modification. But, I had
to remove 2/3 of the interior under the hatch! In the process, I broke a
plastic cover on the clip that holds the roof in place when it is removed
from the....roof. Very thin and brittle after 18 years, snapped in half.

When I reassembled the interior I came across this piece and figured I'd
order a new one; I'm pretty anal about stuff like that even if it IS in
the trunk!!

Just for laughs, I had some 'glue' around, so I tried it. Two weeks later
it's still holding and you have to look hard to see the crack.

What's the glue, you may ask. Well, ASK ALREADY!!!!

I use Velcro for a lot of stuff...radar detectors, cell phones, etc and
since some of my 'applications' are in odd places I found an adhesive used
to make Velcro (the backing, that is) stick to all types of surfaces;
porous, super smooth, etc. I used this to repair the broken piece.

I have also used it since to bond metal to plastic (the clip that hold the
trim piece onto the door lock switch), repair ripped vinyl (a little
cloudy if you REALLY look!) and even to repair a speaker I sort of
inadvertently ran a screwdriver through. Works very well. I expect the
speaker won't last very long, as it made the paper cone a little brittle,
but it's been working for 3 days.

The stuff is marketed by Velcro under their brand name. Shhhhh....our
little secret!

"hachiroku" <levin@ae86.gts> wrote in message
news:WFPUd.41783$s16.27901@trndny02...[color=blue]
>I waited about a week to post this, wanted to see how it would work before
> sharing a bum tip.
>
> I was installing new speakers in the Supra (the orig's were totally shot!)
> so I put in some MB Quarts, required very little modification. But, I had
> to remove 2/3 of the interior under the hatch! In the process, I broke a
> plastic cover on the clip that holds the roof in place when it is removed
> from the....roof. Very thin and brittle after 18 years, snapped in half.
>
> When I reassembled the interior I came across this piece and figured I'd
> order a new one; I'm pretty anal about stuff like that even if it IS in
> the trunk!!
>
> Just for laughs, I had some 'glue' around, so I tried it. Two weeks later
> it's still holding and you have to look hard to see the crack.
>
> What's the glue, you may ask. Well, ASK ALREADY!!!!
>
> I use Velcro for a lot of stuff...radar detectors, cell phones, etc and
> since some of my 'applications' are in odd places I found an adhesive used
> to make Velcro (the backing, that is) stick to all types of surfaces;
> porous, super smooth, etc. I used this to repair the broken piece.
>
> I have also used it since to bond metal to plastic (the clip that hold the
> trim piece onto the door lock switch), repair ripped vinyl (a little
> cloudy if you REALLY look!) and even to repair a speaker I sort of
> inadvertently ran a screwdriver through. Works very well. I expect the
> speaker won't last very long, as it made the paper cone a little brittle,
> but it's been working for 3 days.
>
> The stuff is marketed by Velcro under their brand name. Shhhhh....our
> little secret![/color]

My favorite automotive adhesive is Household Goop and Automotive Goop (the
stuff has different names but seems to be the same silicone-like goop). It
has solved all manner of problems, attaching an exterior cell phone antenna
to glass, gluing body parts back on, sealing leaks in my hiking boots, glue
cracked interior trim parts back together, patch holes in the garbage cans
that the critters chewed through, fixed the transformer housing on my
fluorescent drop light, and on and on. The drawback is that the stuff tents
to harden in the tube once it is opened so I only buy the smallest tubes I
can.
--
Ray O
correct the return address punctuation to reply

"Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message
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>[/color]
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>
> My favorite automotive adhesive is Household Goop and Automotive Goop (the
> stuff has different names but seems to be the same silicone-like goop).
> It has solved all manner of problems, gluing body parts back on,[/color]

Make sure to swab them with betadine first, otherwise you risk an infection.

"Ernie Sty" <fake_email@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message
> news:4287e$42240056$180fead6$28979@msgid.meganewsservers.com...[color=green]
>>[/color]
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>>
>> My favorite automotive adhesive is Household Goop and Automotive Goop
>> (the stuff has different names but seems to be the same silicone-like
>> goop). It has solved all manner of problems, gluing body parts back on,[/color]
>
> Make sure to swab them with betadine first, otherwise you risk an
> infection.[/color]
LOL! That's why everything was getting all full of pus!
--
Ray O
correct the return address punctuation to reply

"Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> My favorite automotive adhesive is Household Goop and Automotive Goop
>>> (the stuff has different names but seems to be the same silicone-like
>>> goop). It has solved all manner of problems, gluing body parts back on,[/color]
>>
>> Make sure to swab them with betadine first, otherwise you risk an
>> infection.[/color]
> LOL! That's why everything was getting all full of pus![/color]

:-)

"Ernie Sty" <fake_email@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>"Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message
>news:4287e$42240056$180fead6$28979@msgid.meganewsservers.com...[color=green]
>>[/color]
>[color=green]
>>
>> My favorite automotive adhesive is Household Goop and Automotive Goop (the
>> stuff has different names but seems to be the same silicone-like goop).
>> It has solved all manner of problems, gluing body parts back on,[/color]
>
>Make sure to swab them with betadine first, otherwise you risk an infection.
>[/color]

Yes...and f'Christ's sake don't glue a nose on upside down or
you'll make many enemies if you suddenly sneeze in a crowded
elevator..
--

-Gord.
(use gordon in email)