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I got new inner fenders for my 85 k10 and like the old ones they have holes for something at the bottom of the cab end of the inner fender.
The old ones have long sheet metal screws in the holes but nothing attached to them. did they have a mud flap or something?
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Thanks joe. I've never seen one before, but it would be a good idea to shield the cabs underside.
And nice truck
 
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Ok so I've never seen this shield before until Jgonick posted a pic of one. Then an hour later I'm looking at an online catalog from AMD and BAM there they are. Weird how that works
 
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Is there anyone who replaced inner fenders and "plugged" the unused holes. the fenders have extra holes for jack/lug wrench and other things I am sure. Anyone find a way to plug these unused holes?
thinking small rubber grommets?
 
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Ken B said:
Is there anyone who replaced inner fenders and "plugged" the unused holes. the fenders have extra holes for jack/lug wrench and other things I am sure. Anyone find a way to plug these unused holes?
thinking small rubber grommet
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do you want them plugged so they dont appear to have anything or so that they dont pass water? Because simple bolts and nuts then hit with paint would work, cut the extra bit of the bolts off. Also, you could use a filler like for the body, not ideal but would work. You could also use epoxy. If I had clean metal and I just wanted it shut for appearance, I would use epoxy. You could also use sheet metal and rivet or screw over it , you could also probaly epoxy a piece of sheet metal. welding would work. The holes are small, I would just do epoxy and hit with paint once cured
 
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Personally, id leave the holes alone. They have clean, painted edges and shouldn't cause an issue. If you put a plug, bolt, etc. you created a place to trap dirt and water and will eventually rust.
 
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Ken B said:
Is there anyone who replaced inner fenders and "plugged" the unused holes. the fenders have extra holes for jack/lug wrench and other things I am sure. Anyone find a way to plug these unused holes?
thinking small rubber grommets?
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Mig welds and body filler work pretty good getting rid of fender holes...

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Mig welds and body filler work pretty good getting rid of fender holes...

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I don't think I've ever seen a Panasonic Welder. Pretty cool! Hard to get consumables?
 
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I don't think I've ever seen a Panasonic Welder. Pretty cool! Hard to get consumables?
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Consumables are pretty standard Tweco style stuff... I assume hard parts will be difficult to find if/when internal parts break.

My Dad bought it mid 2000's or so, Panasonic was big time involved with industrial welders and robots back then so we figured they weren't going anywhere. They quit doing consumer grade product and only do industrial stuff anymore.
 
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