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| 914 RZ-1 |
 Sep 9 2017, 06:05 PM
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Porsche Padawan  Group: Members Posts: 684 Joined: 17-December 14 From: Santa Clarita, CA Member No.: 18,230 Region Association: Southern California  |
I took off my rocker panels and found a huge pile of dirt around the jack hole. After cleaning it, I found 4 small holes in the driver's side.
How should these be patched: weld a rectangular piece over the hole (or all 4 of them) OR weld a piece flush in each hole? Or does it even matter? I will have to take it to a place, so I'm assuming I can drive the car without rocker panels, correct?  |
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| PlantMan |
Sep 9 2017, 06:18 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 438 Joined: 14-May 14 From: Mission Viejo Member No.: 17,352 Region Association: Southern California |
QUOTE(914 RZ-1 @ Sep 9 2017, 05:05 PM)  I took off my rocker panels and found a huge pile of dirt around the jack hole. After cleaning it, I found 4 small holes in the driver's side. How should these be patched: weld a rectangular piece over the hole (or all 4 of them) OR weld a piece flush in each hole? Or does it even matter? I will have to take it to a place, so I'm assuming I can drive the car without rocker panels, correct? Those are very interesting holes..... It almost looks like someone did some previous patch work on that long....What does the other side look like? I would poke around that area with a screw driver for any soft spots. Usually there is a weep hole on the bottom of the jack post plate. I am not seeing that in this pic. |
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| 914 RZ-1 |
Sep 9 2017, 06:27 PM
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Porsche Padawan Group: Members Posts: 684 Joined: 17-December 14 From: Santa Clarita, CA Member No.: 18,230 Region Association: Southern California |
Those are very interesting holes.....
It almost looks like someone did some previous patch work on that long....What does the other side look like? I would poke around that area with a screw driver for any soft spots. Usually there is a weep hole on the bottom of the jack post plate. I am not seeing that in this pic. The other side is fine. I think the car was in a wreck and repaired: the driver's side fender is a from a later model year, there is no jacking donut on the driver's side, the pan is dented, but banged out, the tube for the trunk cable was all bent, and the car was painted white, though it was originally silver. Everything is straight and it looks like a decent job. However, I'm finding evidence of repairs as I take the car apart and fix stuff. |
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914 RZ-1 holes in longs Sep 9 2017, 06:05 PM
rhodyguy Take off the loose material to the right of the ho... Sep 9 2017, 06:16 PM
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Take off the loose material to the right of the h... Sep 9 2017, 06:22 PM PlantMan If it was in an accident that would explain a few ... Sep 9 2017, 06:32 PM Chris914n6 Not a normal place for factory undercoating. I... Sep 9 2017, 06:32 PM SirAndy Looks to be repaired, questionably....
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... Sep 10 2017, 07:34 PM Andyrew I would start wire wheeling that area and the area... Sep 10 2017, 07:41 PM Mblizzard I have a similar poor repair that is not rusted bu... Sep 11 2017, 10:51 AM 914 RZ-1 Here's a picture of the area after I cleaned o... Sep 16 2017, 01:07 PM live free & drive Maybe your car was treated for rust by Zeibart - t... Sep 16 2017, 01:28 PM injunmort fwiw, i would cut from sill support to after jack ... Sep 16 2017, 06:38 PM |
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