Hey
 
I've read and heard about people having a removable heater bubble by drilling out the spot welds and using screws and a gasket to secure it down.
 
Is this possible or have i heard wrong?
 
Would love to do it on mine but might would need some more info.
 
Thanks!

I did exactly as above and mine is now attached via self tappers.
 
It does leak slightly when washed/rain but it's a race car so I have no carpets to worry about.
 
 

Should work fine as long as you use some sort of sealant to prevent leakage

ive bought a fibreglass one, but yous my escort as a daily, will this become an issue?

Use nutserts or rivnuts instead of self tappers. Much, much nicer and won't rip your hands to pieces if you reach up under the dash.

Worked fine for me on my old esky drilled it out to repair the rust - used self tappers & sealant - no more leaks, no issues as a daily driver.

mines the same as pauls... no sealant but custom fabed heater bubble hidding my brake fluid cylinders and just held down with self tapers... again track car though

Saying that I have never had mine off since fixing the initial rust!
 
 

Cheers for the responses.
 
I don't know how bad the damage is but I do know there is water coming in.
 
Looking into the bubble from the top or bottom I can't spot any rust. (A few dried leaves though)
 
I will probably get the car on the road first because I want to enjoy it and then put aside a weekend or two to fix up.
 
Does anyone have any pictures of this setup? Will i need to take the top grill off as that would mean taking windscreen out.
 
Thanks.

When I restore a Escort bubble area :
I drill out the spot welds with a spot weld drill and use a brickies chisel which is wide yet narrow and split the panels apart,
I weld up all rust damage and also any drilled through spot welds,
I then piant under where the bubble goes with black gloss por15 and reseal the seams around the fan hole,
I put the bubble back on useing panel bonding glue which is used in todays smash repair shops when replacing a modern day car glued on panel
No distortion ,very little clean up and when the glue comes out of the drilled holes of the bubble,it looks like factory spot welds