Rocker covers. I'm a bad, bad boy!, The crud chronicle |
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Rocker covers. I'm a bad, bad boy!, The crud chronicle |
Pat Garvey |
Jan 3 2009, 09:27 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
Could have posted this elsewhere I guess, but thought it might be better served here.
In 1974, I decided that it made good sense to annually removed the rocker covers to clean out the accumulated crap that absorbs moisture & causes rust. Did so fervently until 1990 (the last time they were removed until today). My 914 has accumulated a total of less than 4k miles since 1990, being relegated to "queen" status. So, today, being bored, I pulled them. Not an easy task for an old fart in a 44 degree garage! Good thing my 914 hasn't seen water since 1974. Don't know where the crud came from, but if water had been added to the mix I'd have had a problem. Be warned guys, this accumulation can cause MAJOR problems when left to stew. Couple of screws, couple of driven out rivtets & you can be faced with ugly stuff. Pat Attached image(s) |
Tom_T |
Apr 17 2009, 11:57 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
Back to Rockers.....
The pic below shows the Passenger-side Jack Point, for which I need to pull off the rockers & replace the tubes & bases on both sides as I;m doing my other body & paint work for my 73 2L resto. I'm sure they're crudded up inside too, since they may never have been off - or at least the last possible time was my 5/80 resto/repaint.....maybe? Ergo, I'm going to have to pull the rockers off, and being an early production `73 (9/72), it has the aluminum thresholds (I'll post that in a post to follow this one). I've seen reference to "proper rivets" elsewhere on these forums, and my original/OEM rivets appear to be aluminum or silver metal of some sort, and possibly painted black. So what are the proper rivets & where can I get some? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) PASSENGER SIDE JACK POINT DAMAGED FROM USE |
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