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| Spoke |
 Jul 17 2007, 11:56 PM
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Jerry  Group: Members Posts: 6,978 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None 
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At the present, I do not have a steering rack protection cover and the fuel lines from the gas tank are vulnerable to road debris through the access hole. So I decided to make a cover for this access hole.
Note the suspension hard point on the left of the hole. This is the only bump in an otherwise flat hole. The cover will need a recess to accomodate this point.  To make the cover, I used 16 gauge steel and made the size of the cover such that it overlapped the hole by about 1/4 inch all round. The small strip will be used to hold the mounting bolts.  |
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| Spoke |
Jul 18 2007, 12:08 AM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,978 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None
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Welded the securing tab to the cover. Only welded 1 inch on the tab.
 Once the tab is welded, I drilled a through the cover and tab for the mounting bolt. The bolt holds the nut in place during welding.  Bent the tabs up a bit to make clearance for the metal of the chassis.  |
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| Spoke |
Jul 18 2007, 12:11 AM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,978 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None
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I made the recess for the suspension pickup with a couple of pieces of metal and placed in a vice. The cover is now complete.
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| Spoke |
Jul 18 2007, 12:14 AM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,978 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None
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I would have painted the cover the color of the car but I have limited amount of green paint left.
To install the cover, I put the top bolt in but loose and slide the cover down over the bottom bolt hole until the top bolt tab clears the hole, then slide back up into place and install the lower bolt. Attached image(s)   
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| 914pipe |
Jul 18 2007, 03:53 PM
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Say......TEEEEEEEN!!!!! Group: Members Posts: 346 Joined: 31-July 04 From: Puerto Rico, now NC Member No.: 2,422 Region Association: South East States |
QUOTE(Spoke @ Jul 17 2007, 11:14 PM)  I would have painted the cover the color of the car but I have limited amount of green paint left. To install the cover, I put the top bolt in but loose and slide the cover down over the bottom bolt hole until the top bolt tab clears the hole, then slide back up into place and install the lower bolt. Hi there... Out Off Topic... I'm kind of interested in your sway bar configuration.... Can you post some pics...? Thanks |
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| Aaron Cox |
Jul 18 2007, 04:58 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
looks like a 911 style underbody swaybar. (74 and later iirc...)
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