certainly wasn't any wood on my 46 big bolt, and I can't imagine why there would be, especially under ... might remove it and investigate how rotten the metal is behind it, you'll have to take it off before chem dip cleaning anyway ... got any pics of it?

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics