Citroman Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Here a way of repairing that might also be interesting for you. The aluminium dash of my 1925 Citroen has more the apearance of s swiss cheese. There were some 24 useless holes. I cant weld aluminium so i had to find another way. So i tried riveting it. Most of the holes were under 6mm and i had a 6mm rod of aluminium. The dash is 4mm thick so i cut a 5 mm piece from the rod. Drilled the holes to 6mm to a have straight and clean edges in there. Fix the dash with a clamp to the anvil, put the bit of rod in the hole and hammerd it with a bodyshop hammer. Very carefully to get even with the original dash. It worked surprisingly well. Have to get a few bigger rods for the larger holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Looks like a relatively simple way of fixing. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redherring Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Do you need to match grades of Al to ensure longevity? What grade would 1925 Citroen be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citroman Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 As far as i know it is a rather pure aluminium. No idea of the longevity. But i think it will hold up longer than me. And if neccesary you can drill it out and put a new piece in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citroman Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share Posted December 13, 2017 covering up the repairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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