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Posted by: Mark Henry Mar 24 2019, 01:36 PM

The wife's 914 has repop sails that have bubbles, 4 year old resto so it isn't rust, the glue Mike (PO) used is letting go. Don't know if the sails are 914rubber, look good but definitely not OE sail material.

Think they will come off without self destructing?
I'd rather leave it till the end of summer if they're going to be a biotch.

Posted by: Tom_T Mar 24 2019, 01:43 PM

Mark,

A heat gun or hair dryer might loosen it up, but probably not enough to not self destruct.

You could try poking the bubbles with a pin or sharp tipped Xacto knife, then use a plastic burnisher or squeegee to push the air out of the bubble in a circle from the edge to the hole all the way around each bubble, & burnishing the vinyl back down as you go, then seal the pin-hole with a tiny dab of black silicone on a toothpick to close off the holes.


Tom
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Posted by: Tdskip Mar 24 2019, 02:13 PM

Is it that hard to replace?

Posted by: raynekat Mar 24 2019, 02:15 PM

Might be worried about pulling some of the paint off....

Posted by: Larmo63 Mar 24 2019, 03:16 PM

New vinyl is cheap and re-installing it is somewhat easy (as you probably know.)

The hardest part about it is getting the targa bar pad off IMO.

Posted by: Mark Henry Mar 24 2019, 04:32 PM

Maybe not a big job, but I still have to get an engine in the car and have 10 customers engines in queue.
I think it's best not to tempt fate and I'll tackle it in the fall or when I have the time.

Posted by: Tdskip Mar 24 2019, 07:30 PM

Slacker

That is a really nice complement to have that many engines to build. Well done!

Posted by: mepstein Mar 24 2019, 07:43 PM

Next time I do a targa pad, I'm using a different kind of screw. The tiny phillips head are a huge pain. Especially when they are corroded in the hole and the head gets stripped.