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Title: Broken Leg Sockets – My hardest restore
Post by: Hansiurpils on January 08, 2018, 12:17:27 PM

Hi guys,

I would like to show you my hardest restore project....

I live in Switzerland and I saw that someone sell a MBH in Germany last year...
(It is very hard to find a MBH here in Europe...)
I’ve contacted the seller and after waiting some days I got a call and she told me, that I could get the grill.
Wahoo!!! ;-)

She sent me the grill and I was so happy to unpack the weathered warrior...
But my happiness was over very fast...

Two broken leg sockets.... and no ash pan...;-(
After I send some pictures to my friend @Bertl  from Austria and told him from the missing ash pan, he send me very fast one of his reproduction ash pans... thank you very much ;-)
I’ve sent a message to a colleague, if he would have time to weld the leg sockets...
He’s very busy, but last weekend he had time... ;-)

So here are some pictures til now... (I will polish the vents next weekend...)



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Beginning with the restore ....
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Title: Re: Broken Leg Sockets – My hardest restore
Post by: JEBIV on January 08, 2018, 12:24:08 PM

very nice RRR

Title: Re: Broken Leg Sockets – My hardest restore
Post by: hawgheaven on January 08, 2018, 12:36:19 PM

Ahhh... she's standing on her own legs again! Grate find, and grate restore!

Title: Re: Broken Leg Sockets – My hardest restore
Post by: Bertl on January 08, 2018, 02:02:37 PM

I only can say "RRR" and i felt with you buddy to bring her back to life! The welder did an awesome job. Looking forward to see some cooking pics ;-))
You also should share it in the weathered warrior thread..

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Title: Re: Broken Leg Sockets – My hardest restore
Post by: WNC on January 08, 2018, 04:44:32 PM

Incredible!
Really awesome job, that handle looks amazing on there too!


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Title: Re: Broken Leg Sockets – My hardest restore
Post by: mhiszem on January 08, 2018, 05:12:00 PM

Great job!


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Title: Re: Broken Leg Sockets – My hardest restore
Post by: Darko on January 08, 2018, 07:26:47 PM

Awesome job.

Title: Re: Broken Leg Sockets – My hardest restore
Post by: Rub on January 08, 2018, 07:37:49 PM

Great save!

Title: Re: Broken Leg Sockets – My hardest restore
Post by: michael wolf on January 08, 2018, 07:59:21 PM

Congrats to the MBH !
Nice Job [emoji106]


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Title: Broken Leg Sockets – My hardest restore
Post by: Hansiurpils on January 08, 2018, 07:59:36 PM

Here’s are a picture with my welder in action...;-)
Yes, he did a great job..
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180109/5f776745e33a0dd7b6b3ce01917b1409.jpg)

Title: Re: Broken Leg Sockets – My hardest restore
Post by: Darko on January 08, 2018, 08:02:58 PM

What is the blue stuff in the 17th picture?

Title: Re: Broken Leg Sockets – My hardest restore
Post by: Hansiurpils on January 08, 2018, 08:11:22 PM

It’s rust converter. I took it for 24 hours in the grill and after that I burned it out for 2 hours.


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Title: Re: Broken Leg Sockets – My hardest restore
Post by: jcnaz on January 09, 2018, 07:16:22 PM

Very nice work, sir!