Engine lid tabs, bent....., How to fix??? |
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Engine lid tabs, bent....., How to fix??? |
BuddyV |
May 21 2015, 05:03 PM
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Robert Group: Members Posts: 555 Joined: 8-April 05 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 3,898 Region Association: Northern California |
So.... both of my 914s have BENT tabs (at least one per car) that hold up the engine lid.
Explains why one side has never quite lined up properly..... didn't figure the tabs were bent since they looked fine. But..... I was playing with the idea to hang an oil cooler to one of the lids, and CLONK!. Gave way as soon as I let go of the weight of the oil cooler. HHmmmm...... The tabs are not broken off yet.... so I was hoping I could weld in a triangular reinforment plate???? Would that work? Is there enough room to work with this area from a welding point of view?? Looks tight/small. Thank you in advance.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) |
Dave_Darling |
May 21 2015, 10:47 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,982 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California |
The edges of the L-shaped bracket are bent a little. I've had the corners welded--it worked OK for a while, but failed again. I gave a buddy of mine from work some brackets cut off a wrecked 914, and he added a doubler inside the L plus welded the edges back up correctly. The doublers line up with the edges of the bent-up part, so we knew they weren't in the way of the lid moving.
Then he welded the brackets onto the firewall. They're pretty darned solid now!! --DD |
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