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There's an access panel?!?!?
Posted by spiv (more from spiv) on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:20:44
In Reply to: Very annoyed, but job getting done... (longish), Chaz, Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:15:05
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You wrote: "The supposed access panel was rotted. Everything around it is solid. I don't get it! As this access panel is rotted, I think I will need to replace it, as the brake line seems to secure to it. At least it was easy to remove (it crumbled). Fortunately I have two spare hoods with no rust and lotsa' sheet metal just dying to donate themselves to this job."
Your car has an access panel for the master cylinders? Mine (also a 1974) doesn't have one, but it's a great idea! (My car got hit on the left front corner long ago, and I suppose maybe the guy who fixed it just welded up everything instead of recreating the access panel.)
Anyway, since mine didn't have any way to reach the m/cs and it was all rotted down the side of the engine bay inside the wheel well (it gets rotted there because spilled brake fluid runs down the inside and eats off the paint, leaving the metal free to rust) I just cut out a big enough chunk to make it easy to reach, and then when I was done I welded up most of it and then left a small inspection opening which I covered with a flat plate attached by sheet-metal screws. I figured I was just making this up!... but does your car have something similar from the factory?
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Posts in this Thread:
- Very annoyed, but job getting done... (longish), Chaz, Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:15:05
- There's an access panel?!?!?, spiv, Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:20:44 <-- Viewing This Message
- Is your car a 64 Sonett?, 72saabsonett
, Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:46:20 - Re: Very annoyed, but job getting done... (longish), Wiliebill, Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:15:57
- The hits just keep on coming..., Chaz, Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:03:40
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