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Joel Simmons
post Jul 4 2005, 09:13 PM
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Hello,

I know that a lot of 914's have a rusted-out battery tray and that the rust can work its way down through the engine compartment and onto the rear suspension. My question: is rust in the engine compartment beneath the battery tray a structural concern? There just seems to be one area of it on a car I'm looking at and it hasn't made its way down to the suspension. Is this acceptable? Should I plan to cut it out and weld-in a replacement sheet metal section?

Also, can the batteries be relocated on these cars?

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post Jul 4 2005, 10:33 PM
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If you use an Optima or Orbital sealed battery you won't have a worry about future rust. Relocated batteries are very hard to do correctly and cleanly. Use a stock setup and a sealed battery. Clean, nice, original. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)
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Joel Simmons   Battery Tray Rust   Jul 4 2005, 09:13 PM
GWN7   If the battery hasn't eaten it's way thru ...   Jul 4 2005, 09:17 PM
trekkor   do a search here with keywords "metal fabbers". Al...   Jul 4 2005, 09:28 PM
McMark   If you use an Optima or Orbital sealed battery you...   Jul 4 2005, 10:33 PM
lapuwali   Yes, the area beneath the battery is very much str...   Jul 4 2005, 10:41 PM
Joel Simmons   Hello all, Yeah the area beneath the battery tray...   Jul 5 2005, 12:57 PM
bd1308   almost 2K for a rust-ridden car? seems like the as...   Jul 5 2005, 01:00 PM
Engman     Jul 5 2005, 01:40 PM
bd1308   agree. soon i'll be getting a hell hole repair...   Jul 5 2005, 01:56 PM

 

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