To make a long story short my car spent almost 4 years setting outside striped at the painters and was not done properly so found another guy who quickly pointed out I have a new problem. I thought I had seen a hell hole repair kit though now that I need one cant seem to find it.
I see Engman had one but guess he is no longer around. Any one making a good one that is available now?
Maddog a member vendor makes them and there was one in the classified here a few days ago.
restorationdesign.com fix you right up.
Murphy's law, saw the one in the classifieds but I didn't have any Idea I needed one at that time!
I don't know what your welding skills are?
or what your budget is?
but your rust may be beyond what a hell hole kit was designed for?
if you have a budget, meaning some cash, you may want to touch base with mcmark at http://www.originalcustoms.com/
and have him do the stuff that is beyond bolt-on?
he is about 60 miles from you.
can we see some more pics of this area and of the rocker below, and of the same areas on the drivers side?
jim
ps - here is a good look at a hell hole repair
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=111018
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The Engman kit was produced from my paper templates.
I'll try to dig them up and make them available.
You can see the original build thread here:
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=22699&hl=fabbers
KT
Amazing amount of information from all, much thanks! I'll take more photos and post them later, the cars at the shop.
looking at driver side inside eng compartment.
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The bad! note the new battrey try the 1st painter welded just above the rust!!
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Work in progress!
I'll put it to the guys in the site, would it be worth while to make the parts from templates, they would be water jetted, and the proper thickness,, I don't know what grade of steel to use, It will cost me $25 to buy the templates then figgure out the rest
After it was cleaned up it's not as bad as I thought, that is it's my first time after 5 914s (just drove them) and I thought it was much more serious. The worst of it is the engine tray and surrounding metal not the inner longitudinal!
Im happy to say I am actually learning about the car I've loved for so long though I think Im going to change my name to Oldenbroke!
He doesn't really advertise it, but Brad Mayeur has some frame stuff still available on a limited basis. He's 914ltd on the site.
Paul
Well, really happy with the way it has turn out its done and new paint, now for next step!
Resurrecting an old thread as I'm at this stage of my repair. When fabricating the replacement for the hell hole, it looks like the horizontal patch sits flush, rather than filling all the way down into the HH. Am I perceiving this correctly? This would seem to be a much better way to do this repair - you wouldn't have to worry about drainage in the future and it'd seem to be a more simple shape to fit in there. Is this the way to do it? I'm trying to balance the alternatives between a flat covering panel, fabricating several smaller patches down into the hole, or replacing the motor tray and patching in the two inner vertical bits that need to be cut out.
"Resurrecting an old thread as I'm at this stage of my repair. When fabricating the replacement for the hell hole, it looks like the horizontal patch sits flush, rather than filling all the way down into the HH. Am I perceiving this correctly? This would seem to be a much better way to do this repair - you wouldn't have to worry about drainage in the future and it'd seem to be a more simple shape to fit in there. Is this the way to do it?"
ntmatter
If your perception is correct it would seem a reasonable alternative.
Wes,
is the repair holding up? any problems?
Can anyone suggest a reason why this may not be a good idea?
Jacquot
Screw it, I'm going to give it a try.
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