g'day i am currently restoring a 1970 mini k. i have put a roof mounted aerial insted of the one on the nose. i bogged up the hole the first time and it cracked so i welded a plate underneath it and then bogged it up and it cracked out again. how do i fix this hole without it cracking out?

Hard to believe - maybe the filler is shrinking? Try some of that fibreglass reinforced stuff which I think you can still get from Super(not so)Cheap.

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Try tacking/bronzing a thin disk/washer into the hole from the top to the plate you have underneath first so that you don't need your filler as thick.

I welded my hole up, just kept moving around until no hole, then flap disk grinded it an skimmed some bog over that.

oh ok yea i mite try and bog it once more and see how it goes

Is there movement in the guard somewhere else??

Could be flexing and no amount of bog will stand up to that.

Did you give it sufficient curing time??

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For $10.00 I plugged mine up with a Chrome blank. Game Set Match. No more hole. Doesn't look bad at all.

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what is a chrome blank?

Mate..... its a plug that you buy in Auto stores for hiding a hole...it has a chrome side that you bolt over the offending orifice.

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