Engine Compartment Hinge, Broken off @ body... OPTIONS?? |
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Engine Compartment Hinge, Broken off @ body... OPTIONS?? |
Bimmerboy71_02 |
Apr 1 2005, 09:10 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 23-February 05 From: Tacoma, WA Member No.: 3,644 |
The engine compartment hinge on my buddies' 914 broke off a long time ago, and I am finally able to get around to fixing it. Is there an easy solution to fix this? Welding is almost out of the question since the two halves of the hinge barely match up; like there's metal missing. Just hoping you guys could lay all of my options out.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/monkeydance.gif) Ryan |
SGB |
May 2 2005, 08:08 PM
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just visiting Group: Members Posts: 4,086 Joined: 8-March 03 From: Huntsville, AL Member No.: 404 Region Association: South East States |
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/dry.gif) I've had the passenger side rear deck hinge failure and the engine cover hinge failure (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/mad.gif) both sides. Ya gotta take off the back pad to weld up the engine hinges, but it wasn't as scary as I thought- didn't get real hot around the rear window or create a volcano of sparks. The engine cover does have to be removed (one 10mm i think bolt on each side removed from the bottom), but once it is off, you can see if the hinges are breaking away. Also, the engine is really accessable when the engine cover is off, so you ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif)
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