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On 9/3/2013 2:42 PM, wrote:
What type of plastic is a shroud? (The one used around a fan in front
of a car radiator). Mine has a crack which I want to fix using some
sort of epoxy or JB Weld, but some plastics can not be glued. I'm not
sure how to determine what type of plastic this is????

What's lost w/ a little epoxy and see if it'll hold? Always can just
try a small spot on the surface somewhere that's out of the way and see
if it sticks or just pops off after dry.

Depending on the crack size/location if thought it really was or was
going to be a problem I'd consider whether could use an exterior patch
of thin sheet metal w/ a pop rivet or two or similar mechanical repair
if the epoxy thing didn't work well...

Or, look carefully -- the shroud on several of my more recent vehicles
has been two pieces, to upper of which, in particular is relatively
simple to remove and possible not terribly difficult to find used
replacement for not that much outlay...

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