71 914 hell hole

porker914 · Post by **porker914** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:39 pm

autohausdolby · Post by **autohausdolby** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:40 am

Hell holes scare me!

Bewildebeest · Post by **Bewildebeest** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:28 am

Scary Mary - so mine that 'doesn't look too bad' (to quote my Rustoration thread) is actually going to be diabolical.
Have I got a lot to learn !!

Can't wait to get under there next week and start digging.

jtparr · Post by **jtparr** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:34 pm

david

at least you know that your doing it right this time, and it WILL be worth it in the end

keep smiling, its part of the joy with old cars

look forward to watching your progress

Jp

912uk · Post by **912uk** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 3:57 pm

well you nailed that by the looks of it...

I should buy a 914 soon I think I might have some fun with one of these.. I will wait till next week when Helen sells hers

Lightweight_911 · Post by **Lightweight_911** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:18 pm

912uk wrote:

I will wait till next week when Helen sells hers

Ian Gunney · Post by **Ian Gunney** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:44 pm

What are you saying Mark?

porker914 · Post by **porker914** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 12:15 am

This is the second one ive done now and have to say it always looks worse than it is. its always a time factor. Im lucky as I am a qualified welder and its its a case of one step at a time.

If anyone wants a quote to sort there hell hole then drop me a mail!!!

David

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 10:34 am

David, Where did you get the replacement engine shelf from and whats the pink primer + the black top coat that you painted on the bare metal?
Nice tidy job.

porker914 · Post by **porker914** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 1:01 am

fourteener,
You can get the engine shelf from Pelican parts or Mittelmotor or if you are feeling flush from Roger Bray! I have bought 2 of these now and both came from Mittelmotor - but be aware that they are apparently only made by one man in the world so the wait can be a while as he makes a batch of them and they get distributed throughout all the above companies to be sold on.

The pink paint is a rust preventative paint applied once you have treated any rust. I applied it inside the longitudinal as once I repaired it you would never get inside again.

The black solution is a product that the army use and forget what its called but I bought it from my very good local automotive shop who supply locally to the army and it preps fresh bare metal allowing welding without painting it for up to 6 weeks. Basically allows bare metal to stay bare while you do any welding work then you paint straight over the top.

David

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:54 pm

The weld-thru primer sounds like a good product.
I've used the UPOL weld thru before but didn't really like it and ended up stripping it all off because it was contaminating the weld (maybe the layer I sprayed was too thick)

Is the black top coat POR15?
David, did you grind your welds flat or just leave them?

wizzman · Post by **wizzman** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:05 pm

Fourteener,

I have been using U-pol weld thru primer for a while and find it ok and have had no weld problems . Would advise that prior to applying, you scotchbrite the area and then panel wipe and just give one coat or two thin coats. Oh and it says weld within 24 hours but I leave it longer sometimes and it doesn't seem to make any difference.

Hope this may hep

Wizzman

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:01 pm

THanks for the tip Whizz

porker914 · Post by **porker914** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:44 am

fourteener,
I only ground the welds where i needed to. I know some restorations ive seen on US forums seem to grind them flat but I prefer to leave as is where I can to leave as much metal in the joint and strength.

The whole job looks very daunting when you first start but as long as you are methodical and ensure you have taken measures to eliminate as much distortion as possible the whole job is not that bad.

The last one I did was much easier as it had never been welded before whereas this one had already had someone babdly try to repair it so was was made worse because I had to repair his crap first!

David