I used a cut off wheel to cut out a rectangle-ish piece around the plug, then made a patch out of 2.5" sch. 40 pipe (had similar curve), hammered it a little, welded it up, and golden! ![Big Thumb Up :biggthumpup:](https://board.marlincrawler.com/Smileys/marlin/biggthumpup.gif)
I like that idea....sounds EASY......think 1/4" should work well?