I'd never used one before, but now it's moved into my top three noisy ( home) power tools ... Angle grinder will always be king.
I built my entire interior with a router, a straight edge and a nail. And a grinder of course - excellent for cutting tin plywood with no splitering.
Grrr, well after two weeks and 5 porsche dismantlers (who wouldn't sell just the brackets, why?) a deal was struck for cables and brackets.... so when a box turns up with only cables in i wasn't best happy... After much grief i did a 180 miles round trip and bought a complete box with all the bits... the things i put myself through.....Rant over... so today it all went back in.. Havn't got a pic of it in situ, but with the driveshafts bolted up ive only got about an inch and a half before they hit the bodywork just in front of the engine mount bars..hmmm might have to get the grinder out..
At 10 this morning i was staring at this and pondering what the next move is. The drive shaft has 35mm before it hit the body work.....not good Then.... this happened... Which was a bit of luck, leaving me with this As you can see my paint skills are second to non..Thinking cut and in fill plate red one first.. then blue two at the same time. pink third with an cut section to join with yellow then white.. what do you guys think??
Just thinking the more of a box it is the stronger it's going to be.... now thinking taking the yellow one all the way across then add the blue angled bit after.. That might be a good plan....... I hate this bus, it makes my head hurt..
You're over complicating it dude!! Just plate off the opening that you've created, and add some steel to the top as zed said... it'll want extending past the section that you've cut as you need to boost the strength in that area
Time flies when you havn't got a clue...lol So.. not having any spare cash to plow into it i had to make do with what was at hand, in this case 50x50 angle at 4mm thick. The top was lapped over to give it 8mm and fully seam welded inside and out, then mounted to the bus ....Didn't say it was pretty.... With that done i put her back on terra firmer for the first time in a long while. Didnt get any pictures but even with the extra weight she didnt sit too bad, but the bottom of the gearbox was only 90mm off the ground and i wasnt happy with that. With a bit of cutting i could get the engine higher but couldn't use the engine bars i had so re-worked the original bay bar.. .. Ive also moved the charge cooler rad up front with the main rad ,and after a day searching the garage the firewall went back in with a bit of sound deadening behind it .. . Think that's it so far....
A new year and project backwards stumbles on.. I really want a futbus gear shift, but it aint gonna happen . So after spending an age trawling and coming up empty , and having a complete mental meltdown trying to work out how i can make the boxster shifter cables work vertically i just gave in and created this monstrosity. Was going to mimick a CAE motorsport tower with the cut outs, but held back and thought of better uses of the space.. first cup holders, half cut one side out and fold it back .and cut out two holes for the cans..simple.. Then dismissed it as it sits just behind the rad.. hmmmm warm fizzy.. Then on the thought of heat, a vent either side for toasty feet... .... Think i'll leave it for now as im not overly happy with the shifter as the cables are pretty thick and dont bent to great and exit through the cab walk way floor next to the handbrake.. .. dont look pretty.. Copper clutch pipe is routed through flared and fitted, just need to find a suitable length of hose for the res.... Question...... Does anyone know if there's a reason why they put coils in the copper pipe? .. Does it hold a better pressure? With that done i made this..... Yep.............Crap It's so i can work out the right bracket length to combine the cables.. ... ..oh and they say things go in three's, well ive found my third... My bus hates me, The wifes hates me ( refer back to number one) and now the bike hates me.. but thats another story..
Well, it's been a while .... Mk3 golf fuse box and loom.... stick thingys and clocks.... and she starts... :smt026 .. doesnt run....... but she starts :smt026
You're an inspiration to us all, making the conversion you want by "brute force" rather than some ones previous design. Keep going, one problem solved at a time and you'll be laying in the back smiling at your creation very soon.
