[R-390] OT - ART-13 info / help / parts / suggestions

[Randy and Sherry Guttery]

On 12/15/2011 12:17 PM, Tisha Hayes wrote:
> Is it just the faceplate that is bent in? Has it crushed or warped the
> chassis or frame?
>
> In the past I had success in fixing mangled front panels by using a sheet
> of plywood on a concrete floor and a piece of 2" x 4" with a mallet to bang
> on the 2x4 to flatten out the facepiece.
>
I think your method may be usable here - after a 
fashion...   That is a "corner" piece - so it has to be 
"restored" to a 90 degree corner.  Being aluminum - probably 
"doable".  The buyer decided $40.00 was enough to satisfy 
him - so the claim went in this AM. I've also heard from a 
couple of people that think that corner piece is replaceable 
(along with the chart holder doo-dad) - so there are 
"possibilities".  Main thing is to make the buyer happy (and 
he seems to be quite reasonable about this - I've had some 
buyers who wouldn't have been happy with anything less than 
"NEW"!).

thanks for the input!!!

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