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Re: Restoring an engine lid grill

Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2017 8:35 pm
by aston
Hi Alan - do you have a source or can you supply the rivets and rubber feet?

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Thanks.

Re: Restoring an engine lid grill

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 2:48 pm
by Alan @ CanfordClassics
Hi Kieron, I will see what I have, but if not I can get them made. It just takes a little while.

Thanks

Alan

Re: Restoring an engine lid grill

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2017 12:24 pm
by Dougieboy1
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....

Andrew

Re: Restoring an engine lid grill

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2017 4:34 pm
by aston
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.

Re: Restoring an engine lid grill

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2017 6:00 pm
by Dougieboy1
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.

Re: Restoring an engine lid grill

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2017 10:04 pm
by aston
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.

Re: Restoring an engine lid grill

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2017 10:23 pm
by Dougieboy1
guess what i am doing this weekend!

am also interested in the rivets and the rubber feet.

thanks keiron

Re: Restoring an engine lid grill

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2017 9:25 pm
by aston
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

Re: Restoring an engine lid grill

Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 9:14 am
by aston
Hi Alan- have you managed to get some more rivets made yet?

Thanks.

Re: Restoring an engine lid grill

Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 5:41 pm
by aston
Hi Alan - I'm still interested in some rivets if you have some now?

Thanks.

Kieron.