don't know about LMCs, but all I've seen of those pieces go about 1/2 the way up, enough to do a fix of that attaching point - make sure you treat the back side against rust or it won't last long, I spray them with high zinc weld-thru primer

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