RD400 Tank Dent

[2steve]

Welcome to the blue '77 RD400 tank club.

[RDryan]

I am happy to be a 1%'er...  I'm on my way to buy a lottery ticket.

Well how did the PDR guy do it?...I'd venture to guess it was a combination of glue stick tabs, relieving stress with just the right light hits of a rubber mallet along with just the right hooked/right angle type rods pushing from the inside via the fuel filler opening, and maybe even some heat.

Ya know it's not that there's a 1% chance so much as it is that there's a 99% that you will have mediocre workmanship performed. FWIW there's plenty of PDR videos of much worse damage done to cars on You tube. Repairs done buy PDR guys that just wanna show off their skills.

[bkrbl]

RE: Igor Lumertz (PDR guy) process.  You are correct, except no glue stick tabs.  He had several right angle rods inserted through the filler opening used to apply pressure from inside the tank.  He also used a little heat and some taps with a small mallet on what looked like plastic tipped punches on the exterior.  Everything was done slowly and in small increments.  I was impressed with his skill, and very pleased with the outcome.

[RDryan]

RE: Igor Lumertz (PDR guy) process.  You are correct, except no glue stick tabs.  He had several right angle rods inserted through the filler opening used to apply pressure from inside the tank.  He also used a little heat and some taps with a small mallet on what looked like plastic tipped punches on the exterior.  Everything was done slowly and in small increments.  I was impressed with his skill, and very pleased with the outcome.

Yeah, I bet. I've watched countless vids. on YouTube regarding PDR and it really is a artform. To take those tools and perform a kinda magic. Truthfully it's a whole lotta methods along with patience and small increments as you say and putting it all together as a system although there is some challenge to do it just right.

[RustyRD]

That's truly incredible he was able to work that out that well, I'm sure that really helped to eliminate the sick feeling when it happened.. looks wonderful