911 interior light in Bob B’s 914-6, How Dale Hancock did it Options

[burton73]

I have been asked how the 911 interior light fits in a 914 and I am showing you a vid and a couple of pix’s from Dale Hancock showing how to put the light in. He reinforced the back of my factory 54-Year-Old back pad. And it worked out great. I think 5 min epoxy would work well.

Best Bob B

https://youtu.be/S0y1f6546h8

[fiacra]

If anyone is curious about the mesh material used for reinforcing the back pad I recognize it as X-lite. It is a cotton mesh impregnated with a thermoplastic resin. I use it to make casts, primarily finger casts. It doesn't look like it was done here, but you drop a pre-cut piece into very hot water (hot enough to make coffee or tea), let it sit for a minute, fish it out and you can then quickly form it and it will then harden within a minute. Softening it and then putting it in a bed of epoxy should result in fairly good reinforcing for this application. I think it would have worked better here if a single piece had been used, softened, and then formed to the contour of the back pad. I hadn't thought of using it for an application like this, but it makes sense. Thanks for sharing that Bob. If anyone wants a piece to play with send me a PM and I'll mail it to you.

https://www.runlite.com/x-lite/

[peteinjp]

If anyone is curious about the mesh material used for reinforcing the back pad I recognize it as X-lite. It is a cotton mesh impregnated with a thermoplastic resin. I use it to make casts, primarily finger casts. It doesn't look like it was done here, but you drop a pre-cut piece into very hot water (hot enough to make coffee or tea), let it sit for a minute, fish it out and you can then quickly form it and it will then harden within a minute. Softening it and then putting it in a bed of epoxy should result in fairly good reinforcing for this application. I think it would have worked better here if a single piece had been used, softened, and then formed to the contour of the back pad. I hadn't thought of using it for an application like this, but it makes sense. Thanks for sharing that Bob. If anyone wants a piece to play with send me a PM and I'll mail it to you.

https://www.runlite.com/x-lite/

Very cool material. Looking at the website they also have a material specifically for crafting. https://www.runlite.com/varaform/ It seems like a great way to take shapes for making molds etc.

Pete

[burton73]

If anyone is curious about the mesh material used for reinforcing the back pad I recognize it as X-lite. It is a cotton mesh impregnated with a thermoplastic resin. I use it to make casts, primarily finger casts. It doesn't look like it was done here, but you drop a pre-cut piece into very hot water (hot enough to make coffee or tea), let it sit for a minute, fish it out and you can then quickly form it and it will then harden within a minute. Softening it and then putting it in a bed of epoxy should result in fairly good reinforcing for this application. I think it would have worked better here if a single piece had been used, softened, and then formed to the contour of the back pad. I hadn't thought of using it for an application like this, but it makes sense. Thanks for sharing that Bob. If anyone wants a piece to play with send me a PM and I'll mail it to you.

https://www.runlite.com/x-lite/

Very cool material. Looking at the website they also have a material specifically for crafting. https://www.runlite.com/varaform/ It seems like a great way to take shapes for making molds etc.

Pete

This stuff would work well to repair back pads where water has screwed up the area by the Engen lid pull. My 6 had a perfect one but the one in the blue car I got from camp 914 needed some love in that area, great idea how to fix instead of getting a plastic one to replace. Then just recover it.

Best Bob B