Restoring an engine lid grill

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Re: Restoring an engine lid grill

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Hi Alan - do you have a source or can you supply the rivets and rubber feet?

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Re: Restoring an engine lid grill

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Hi Kieron, I will see what I have, but if not I can get them made. It just takes a little while.

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Re: Restoring an engine lid grill

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i have a 2.4 grill that a couple of the bars are missing some of their black anodising. can you dismantle these type of grills and if so, how without destroying the bars. Also interested to learn what rivets to use - its not pop/blind rivets as the rivets have no hole in them....

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Re: Restoring an engine lid grill

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Andrew - they can be dismantled, I have mine apart at the moment. I think from his post Alan is looking to see what he has in the way of rivets otherwise I have an idea for an alternative which I haven't tried yet.
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Re: Restoring an engine lid grill

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Are the long horizontal black bars glued on to the vertical 'frames'?

I don't see any rivets there, only rivets holding the vertical 'frames' together where the captive bolts are.
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Re: Restoring an engine lid grill

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Dougieboy1 wrote:Are the long horizontal black bars glued on to the vertical 'frames'?

I don't see any rivets there, only rivets holding the vertical 'frames' together where the captive bolts are.
Each vertical mounting bar has 13 raised pegs which the horizontal bars are pushed on to. The pegs have serrated sides so they grip the horizontal bars. You have to very carefully prise the bars off the pegs.

If this isn't clear I can take some pictures tomorrow.

This is for the later grille, not sure if it's the same for an earlier one.
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Re: Restoring an engine lid grill

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guess what i am doing this weekend!

am also interested in the rivets and the rubber feet.

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Re: Restoring an engine lid grill

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This is what a vertical supports look like with the horizontal bars removed..

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The spacers are available from Rose Passion and probably Porsche (looks like a tap washer to me :) )

http://www.rosepassion.com/en/cat/porsc ... cer/P17405
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Re: Restoring an engine lid grill

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Hi Alan- have you managed to get some more rivets made yet?

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Re: Restoring an engine lid grill

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Hi Alan - I'm still interested in some rivets if you have some now?

Thanks.

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