Proper EARLY rain tray- Success? NO!, Saga continues |
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Proper EARLY rain tray- Success? NO!, Saga continues |
Pat Garvey |
Jul 26 2007, 09:31 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 |
I've been searching for 4 years now for an early rain tray. I have my original, but it is trash because it split at one of the mountings. And, there is NO glue that will put it back together. Porsche used some sort of imperious plastic for these things!
I just counted them up (the responses indicating that the HAVE ONE & IT'S PERFECT) 87! Guess how many of the 87 had the proper part - 3! Guess how many had a useable part? ZERO! Isn't there someone out there with a flat bottomed rain tray that they want to make some money on? Yeah, I know, this doesn't belong on this forum. I'm desperate & about to give up! Please ..... help me! You can flame away after I find one..... Never mind - doesn't belong on this forum. Sorry. Desperate! Pat |
davep |
Dec 4 2007, 09:41 PM
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914 Historian Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,151 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Burford, ON, N0E 1A0 Member No.: 1,244 Region Association: Canada |
Plastic never ages well. Think of it a a bowl of spaghetti. Plastic molecules are chains of varying lengths. When moulded, they get stretched. As they age, they tend to contract. They accept almost every opportunity to separate.
Some plastics like nylon are condensation types that produce entrained water when they polymerize. The nylon is strong when 'wet' and fractures when 'dry'. Stick your nylon ice scraper in hot water for an hour before scraping ice and see how much more resistant to cracking it is. Unfortunately a plastic 914 part is like a 356 crankshaft, it is not a matter of IF it will break, only a matter of WHEN. |
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