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Unexpected front and rear belly pan/undertray project
Last week a left-front wheel well cover/shield popped up on CL. Yesterday I found a rear aluminum under tray posted under bicycles on CL. It's been a productive week.
The belly pan is missing one of the stamped aluminum brackets. I'll make one and keep searching for a mangled pan with a decent bracket or two.
I have an aluminum forward belly pan, but haven't installed it because I didn't have the towers for the NACA ducts....a thread talking about how a pan without the tower ducts cooks the motor mounts spooked me (I'd just finished installing new motor mounts).
Maybe a year or two ago I picked up a complete forward belly pan during the 928 International half-price sale. I thought I'd use it and when it got trashed I'd swap the towers over to the aluminum pan. However, having just read an older thread stating that the factory fiberglass pan should be considered a mere "mounting suggestion" I've decided to swap the towers to the aluminum pan immediately. It's hard to accept that a perfectly good factory pan is unworthy...oh well, a ductless factory front pan will be on the For Sale table at Frenzy 22.
My first task is to see if I've got the right rivet tool for the size rivets on the factory pan (haven't looked closely yet). I have an S4 belly pan mounting hardware kit from Roger. I hope this is all I'll need. Any tips for this belly pan mashup and installing them are appreciated.
Pop rivets in the right size work great for these - I had a small assortment and one common size was just perfect.
The NACA ducts have integrated mounting brackets half way up (single screw) - attach those as well as the rest of the under-tray bolts for best alignment & air flow to the engine mounts.
I think moving them over to the aluminum pan now is the smart move here (before you lose one and likely half the stock tray too...)
Your CL region is better than mine. I see that on the Specialized Turbo X forum you posted "I was searching the CL bicycle listings for electric handlebar heaters yesterday - no luck, but I found an obscure part I needed for my old Porsche. Not a Porsche bicycle, a 928."
Thanks Bertrand - looks like you rolled some Herculiner or some other bed liner in a can on it. I like that. I once coated the inside of a Unimog 416 cab with Herculiner to protect it and to reduce noise and resonance. It worked well on all counts. I've considered it for my 928 floors and in the rear wheel wells....but suddenly originality is more important.
Unimog? Where have I heard of that ... oh, yes, there was one at the local car hop last September. The guy had come partly to pick up a bicycle at the venue, The Hub. This one had the snowblower option and the special windshield. I want one. You had one????
Your CL region is better than mine. I see that on the Specialized Turbo X forum you posted "I was searching the CL bicycle listings for electric handlebar heaters yesterday - no luck, but I found an obscure part I needed for my old Porsche. Not a Porsche bicycle, a 928."
Hmmm....good idea but I think it would dramatically reduce my range
Curt - There is only ONE rewarding illness that surpasses the madness of owning 928s. MOGS!!!! My license plate was "ITSAMOG" because it is the answer to the most common question when filling up on 42 gallons of diesel.
I've owned 4. Three are shown here. I sold the radio truck (box with canoe on top) to a local guy and he dropped by for a visit to show me some things he'd done to it.
Great for pulling wind-downed trees out of the forest.
Originally Posted by Adk46
Unimog? Where have I heard of that ... oh, yes, there was one at the local car hop last September. The guy had come partly to pick up a bicycle at the venue, The Hub. This one had the snowblower option and the special windshield. I want one. You had one????
Last edited by Captain_Slow; 12-31-2017 at 12:19 AM.
Curt - My Mog and 928 ownership overlapped for almost a year. My first 928. Sold it before I knew what I had (Sport package...Limited slip diff, Bilstien shocks and sport seats, full Cashmere leather interior (but the dash was pulling away from the vents and stitching splitting at the seam across the top. In hindsight, with what I know now about taking apart the console and dash...I really wish I hadn't sold this one. It was an 86.5 with 98,000 miles. I'll send you some Mog info by PM/email.
Last edited by Captain_Slow; 12-31-2017 at 12:24 AM.
Reason: more pics
Thanks Bertrand - looks like you rolled some Herculiner or some other bed liner in a can on it. I like that. I once coated the inside of a Unimog 416 cab with Herculiner to protect it and to reduce noise and resonance. It worked well on all counts. I've considered it for my 928 floors and in the rear wheel wells....but suddenly originality is more important.
I had it coated with Line-X.
It gives a very good protection coat but adds weight quite a bit.
12-30-2017, 12:46 AM
Unexpected front and rear belly pan/undertray project
