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> Removing and re-gluing sails, Anyone have luck with this?
Mark Henry
post Mar 24 2019, 01:36 PM
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The wife's 914 has repop sails that have bubbles, 4 year old resto so it isn't rust, the glue Mike (PO) used is letting go. Don't know if the sails are 914rubber, look good but definitely not OE sail material.

Think they will come off without self destructing?
I'd rather leave it till the end of summer if they're going to be a biotch.
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post Mar 24 2019, 01:43 PM
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QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Mar 24 2019, 12:36 PM) *

The wife's 914 has repop sails that have bubbles, 4 year old resto so it isn't rust, the glue Mike (PO) used is letting go. Don't know if the sails are 914rubber, look good but definitely not OE sail material.

Think they will come off without self destructing?
I'd rather leave it till the end of summer if they're going to be a biotch.


Mark,

A heat gun or hair dryer might loosen it up, but probably not enough to not self destruct.

You could try poking the bubbles with a pin or sharp tipped Xacto knife, then use a plastic burnisher or squeegee to push the air out of the bubble in a circle from the edge to the hole all the way around each bubble, & burnishing the vinyl back down as you go, then seal the pin-hole with a tiny dab of black silicone on a toothpick to close off the holes.

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post Mar 24 2019, 02:13 PM
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Is it that hard to replace?
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post Mar 24 2019, 02:15 PM
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Might be worried about pulling some of the paint off....
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post Mar 24 2019, 03:16 PM
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New vinyl is cheap and re-installing it is somewhat easy (as you probably know.)

The hardest part about it is getting the targa bar pad off IMO.
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post Mar 24 2019, 04:32 PM
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Maybe not a big job, but I still have to get an engine in the car and have 10 customers engines in queue.
I think it's best not to tempt fate and I'll tackle it in the fall or when I have the time.
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post Mar 24 2019, 07:30 PM
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Maybe not a big job, but I still have to get an engine in the car and have 10 customers engines in queue.
I think it's best not to tempt fate and I'll tackle it in the fall or when I have the time.



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That is a really nice complement to have that many engines to build. Well done!
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post Mar 24 2019, 07:43 PM
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QUOTE(Larmo63 @ Mar 24 2019, 05:16 PM) *

New vinyl is cheap and re-installing it is somewhat easy (as you probably know.)

The hardest part about it is getting the targa bar pad off IMO.

Next time I do a targa pad, I'm using a different kind of screw. The tiny phillips head are a huge pain. Especially when they are corroded in the hole and the head gets stripped.
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