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Rehab-ing a blower

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tommyg

I picked up a blower for my d180 a couple weeks ago and set about doing some basic cleanup work only to find out that the previous owner must have hit something with the corner that bent the metal back and kind of creased it in places on the left side of the top scoop. I've bent it back as best I can, but the metal is still dimpled and certainly not as smooth as I would like. My question is... while I'm not a body man, I would suspect that most of you use filler to repair parts of your hoods, fenders, etc to blend any defects. Is it unrealistic to use similar materials and procedures to make repairs to an implement like a snowblower? I'm kind of anal about this stuff and really want restore it to look as straight and smooth as I can. I also thought about grinding off the welds and having a metal shop form me another piece that I can weld back on. I'm all ears if anyone has any thoughts.

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AMC RULES

Can we see how bad it is?

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tommyg

Here are a couple pics. Kind of hard to tell from this. Depends on how the light's hitting it. You can sure feel it, though. Ideally, I'd like to see if I could smooth it out with some simple auto body tools. But that steel is pretty heavy gauge. And it's not all easily accessible from the back side.

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jusjeepn

This type of repair can be done by drilling holes into the sheet metal and using a slide hammer to pull most of the dent, BUT..... It takes a bit of know how to drill in the correct places and how much pressure to use on the slide hammer. Another way is to apply just the right amount of heat but once again, it's an art. Either take it someone or leave it be. The combination of cold weather and vibrations from the blower will crack any filler that is put on too thick or incorrectly.

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tommyg

Thanks for the advice. The vibrations from the blower is what I was concerned about. Perhaps taking it to an autobody shop would be a worthwhile option. On the back side, I was considering a well placed Wheelhorse decal to take the edge off the wrinkle.

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jusjeepn

There are body men out there that do paintless dent removal BUT... (there's that bad word again), I am not that familiar with this process and do not know the limits when it comes to material thickness. Might be worth checking into. Kelly is a body man by trade, maybe he can shed some light on this.

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tommyg

Good idea!

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