Jon - I'll 3rd the JBWeld plan, cleaned well with solvent and power wire wheel [oil drained] - definitely skip the fiberglas, no question, it won't hold long term unless you use special resin meant for application to metal

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 & Rust-a-holics Unanimous parking lot