how much od a dent can you fill with a mig

[guswa]

In beteewn fitting new bushes and pins to my loader i have been doing some body work to the engine hood, there is a dent aprox half an inch deep by half an inch width,was wondering if it was worth filling in with mig welder or body filler?

 

[maddog]

Can it be pulled out some 1st? I've also had better luck with fiberglass repair then body filler.

 

[Nige]

Heat the area around the ding and beat the sh1t out of it with a hammer.

 

[TCS]

Agreed! Heat it and knock it out.If you have a shrinking hammer to shrink back the stretched metal use it,if not use cold wet rags around the perimeter of the stretch to shrink it.Then fill it,fair it and prime it.BTW/ I have painted a good many loaders and excavators in my day and never worked on a modern machine that did not have body filler from the factory somewhere or everywhere on it.