914-6 oil tank holes

Lightweight_911 · Post by **Lightweight_911** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:00 pm

Rob - I've got one you can borrow.

pm me your address & I'll put it in the post tomorrow.

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:05 pm

Have the top of the long + the small firewall aperture to patch now

defianty · Post by **defianty** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:03 am

Seems to be moving on nicely James. Looking forward to seeing the finished car. Good Luck

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:11 pm

My engine shelf came this morning from restoration designs. I had brilliant service -left an email and they called me back next day, took card details and it was here couple of weeks later (sans import duty

-result)
Now lets see if I can blow holes through it with my amateur welding...

autohausdolby · Post by **autohausdolby** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:35 pm

Cool thread! I've got that to look forward too :D

Gilbert '71 T · Post by **Gilbert '71 T** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:49 pm

Looking good James

Takes courage to put a very large drill to your car

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:09 pm

Some pictures you won't see often -unless you're undertaking major chassis repairs -inside a 914 longitudinal section. I managed to squeeze my camera in there before I close it up

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:10 pm

red arrow is the jacking point, green is heater tube

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:11 pm

Strengthing ribs on engine bay side -I think just below arrow is the 4cyl engine mount

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:16 pm

And view towards the rear the end is the bulkhead for the rear boot (or trunk) and the arrow shows the boot lid torsion bar clamp reinforcement

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:25 pm

My new patch punched + ready to 'let in' -It's taken my about 3 weeks on and off but I'm very happy with the fit. Thanks again to Barry for his tutelage.
All above the patch is shiny new metal -just horrible light to take a photo

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:06 pm

Finished pretty much all the repairs except putting in the new engine shelf. Much more rusty metal than I thought there would be and I had to remove the 4 cyl engine mount and replace all the metal underneath it.
Reached a small milestone by tacking in the last piece tonight and closing up the firewall. This small piece has taken me about 2 weeks on and off (around 1hr each evening)

There's a small amount of tweaking before I plug weld the flanges but I was pleased with the fit and the welds were just right -nice + shiny