I haven't had much time to work on my car since I pulled the engine, but today I got a couple hours between work and sleep. I started to clean up this terrible rust mess in the passenger side of the engine compartment.


Surprisingly, the only spot that's rusted through is the very bottom where it meets the passenger compartment divider.


Here's a different angle:


Only surface rust over here:


Here's a nice pic of what someone thought was a good way to fix the clutch cable.


And closer up:


Think my clutch tube needs reenforcement?


This petal cluster is going to be difficult to remove:


Nice of them to give me this nice parts/tool storage place:


Anyone want a free battery tray? Too bad, it's in the trash...


I really don't want to cut this center tunnel out, but it may be my only choice:


Because this is what the bottom looks like:


It's coming along I guess.


Hopefully I'll get this engine all cleaned up tomorrow. It's supposed to rain, and the car stays outside.


Well, that's it for today. I'll try to keep this thread updated with my progress, since I just got a nice new digital camera. I promise the pics will be smaller next time. I don't have time to shrink them now.

-Matt

outsch! is all i can say. i feel for you ...

i like your new floor-pans, they have a "concrete" look to them

another one going to be saved from the rust-monster.

Andy

Hey I though you could only post ONE pic per post on this BB How did he do that????

link to them.

he has the pix on a web-server, and you can add as many IMG tags as you want in a post ...

Andy

they aren't working now!

oops musta gone through his quota of bandwith!

if the above pix don't load for ya, go here to get a list of links to the pix.
there you can look at them one by one ...

http://mcchicken.homeip.net:2080/pics2/car...914/2003-07-16/

no go, they aren't loading.

If you checked them, Andy, they may have been cached on your computer.

oh, hehe, you're right ...

Andy

must of them loaded. man,you are hard core or a glutton for punishment. 71 on the 911?

Man, your car looks even worse than mine
Are you sure you wanna repair this?

cheers,

Jeroen

Well, I know what you are going to be going through! Some of yours looks better that mine, but some places look better. At least like Andy said, "another one survives the rust monster." I will just be glad when all of my rust repair is finished!

Does that car have some sentimental value or what? I wouldn't touch it. But, good luck and have fun.

It only has the sentimental value that it's earned since I started working on it. I knew when I bought it that the floorpan was rusted out, but I thought it was just the floorpan. Amazingly enough, the body doesn't have a lot of rust. Oh well, it's a great learning experience for me, and it'll keep me busy for a long while. I've got big ideas, like a tube-frame rear end, and either a porsche 6 or subaru engine transplant. At this point I don't have much money in it, and it's been a lot of fun. I made new rear floorpan pieces from scrap 14ga sheet metal I got for free. I have a decent welder and will be using it a lot in the next few weeks. I enjoy the challenge of repairing that car. I feel it's something I have to do now. This forum has been EXTREMELY helpful thus far. If I didn't find this forum, I probably would be attempting to drive around that rust-mobile right now. Now I'll FULLY understand every part of that car before it gets driven again. Also, while it's all the way apart, if anybody needs any pictures, just ask. I can do it as long as the area in question is not oxidized beyond belief.

-Matt

Oh yeah, the 911 is a 70 T. It's not mine, but my dad's.