sublimate

Looks good.
Any pics of the cover you fabed?

deliriousga

No pics of that yet. I was so excited the clutch was working I closed it up and put all of the covers on it so I could drive it the next day. I'll take pics of that the next time I take the wheel off. I'm refinishing my wheels soon so it shouldn't be long.

...P

Hi guys,

I don't want to ruin the enthusiasm of cutting into the inner fender of a 928, however, before I take a sawsall or a dremel to an exotic supercar I intend to keep over the long term, I would certainly try to rebuild the unit in place. I've even heard of people buying the entire cylinder assy, but pulling out the internals and only using those for the rebuild, in order to avoid pulling the entire unit.

As for the cutting, sheesh, I'm not sure I'd be willing to do that.

regards, P

Imo000

Does this mean you only use parts made by Porsche and only buy it from the dealer?



I did the same thing to my 93 Trans Am when time came to upgrade the in tank fuel pump. It was easier to cut a hole in the trunk to pull the pump then to drop the exhaust and tank from the bottom.

CWO4Mann

I wouldn't take a Sawzall to my 928 ... I have one and use it a lot. However, the Dremel cutting idea is very realistic. Aircraft have inspection and repair ports just like what Carl did -- all over the place. They use a fastener called a Dzus Screw which has a positive locking capability. I am going to cut a port in the fender and make nice fitted port cover with Dzus Fasteners and a synthetic rubber weather seal.

You should see the repair and inspection ports on a UH1B Helo .... I seem to recall there are about 200 of them. All to be checked pre-flight, by the way.

Cheers,

Dave

Fogey1

[QUOTE=PorKen] "... Could you get a 90° drill in there with a hole saw? Then you could use a plug/cover, eg. a gas tank inspection or floorpan plug, and make it look somewhat factory. [i]Template or measurements to center hole? Minimum hole size required?"


Ditto this question. Anyone? Bueller?

sweanders

Come on, please do not start cutting away in the body without knowing what kind of consequenses it can do to the car. If you haven't got the time to do it the correct way maybe the 928 is not the car for you.

I can see rust and lack of body stability in the future..

Nicole

Adding new item to 928 used car inspection list:

- Body: non-standard cut-outs for shortcutting repairs............................. YES/NO

Fastest928

Pls paint the cut out so that it acquires a minimum of rust...that is a highly wetted area.

Regards

m21sniper

There's nothing wrong with cutting small access ports in parts of a car that are not visible. If you don't think mechanics do this ALL THE TIME, then you(whoever 'you' are), are seriously mistaken, lol.

Old & New

Any structural engineers here with a *qualified* opinion?

This could be an acceptable procedure if the hole were welded shut... ?

Fastest928

If one of our techs performed any "repair" that compromised the integrity or design of a vehicle, I would terminate their employment immediately. If the customer "requested" a repair of this nature, I would take it under consdieration.

Sure is one way to skin the cat, and is a neat time saving idea, but there are other ways of performing the same service differnetly and saves time also, but this is not our thread.

Marc

m21sniper

The above repair in no way affects the structural integrity of the 928.

Neither do most such 'shortcuts'.

Nicole

1. I'm glad to hear my car is in such good hands at DEVEK. OK, it doesn't have a clutch...

2. Maybe one of these isn't too bad for the integrity of the car, but where do you stop? Is the car going to end up like Swiss Cheese? I'm convinced that at some point chassis stiffness and crash safety could be affected. Potentially, it could also affect noise.

Generally: I think the newer and weight efficient the design, the more every piece of metal is a part of the structural integrity. The person working on the car might not see this, but the people who design cars on high end computer systems know why they did not add more holes...

m21sniper

When manufacturers and engineers are designing a civilian motor vehicle, the LAST thing they consider is the guy that's got to fix it, lol.

OTOH, as CWO4 Mann stated, the military does think about the maintainer, so you see what by civilian standards is a tremendous amount of accessibility to the internals of any given military vehicle.

If you're cutting into braces, the frame, etc, etc...then yes, VERY bad.

However, if you're simply cutting into an unstressed area(such as the inner fenderwell as above or the wheelwheel, etc.), and then covering that hole with a bolted on covering plate, it will cause no harm.