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Date:         Wed, 18 Nov 1998 05:34:10 -0800
Reply-To:     Carter <carters@THEGRID.NET>
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From:         Carter <carters@THEGRID.NET>
Subject:      Re: Engine Brace...one man's solution
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Jonathan C. wrote:


>>The brace connecting the block to the driver's side exhaust has broken on
the block end, right in the middle of the opening. I have an 85 Westy. I
could get it welded but I am not sure it would hold. Anyone
have one? Anyone know where I can get one?<<


Same thing happened to me while in Baja...resources there can be
scarce...bought a length of 1/2 metal conduit and a welding shop fabbed two,
one for a spare (which was needed later). The permanent fix was a piece of
1/2 inch angle iron which I cut, bent and drilled, using the old bracket as
a pattern.


Kit Carter, 85 Westy
central coast, CA
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