Good work Ryan. Coming along well.

Finally got back to this thread
Len, I havent thought about that as the car didnt have one when I got it. I will just run without it.
 
So I have finished!!!!! Car sat in the shed untouched for too long due to Uni and other commitments.
 
I made a new fan shroud and test fitted it (rolled it into shape using a round piece of firewood). It is an interference fit to the hole and was fitted from the inside of the car after the bubble was put back on.


 
Used some filler to make things smooth


 
And after the whole surface was primed and painted to protect if from water, I used high strength silaflex to attach the bubble. I left the spot weld holes in the bubble in an effort to make it look like factory spot welds once finished.

 
Once the bubble was on I used sikaflex to seal the entire inside seam between the firewall and the heater bubble. Then I ran a bead around the hole and pushed the shroud into place. I went crazy on the sikaflex as you can tell but nobody will see it in there and its doing the job.

 
Primed

 
And painted using a pressure pack I had made up

 
And here is the finished product



 
Colour is slightly off however with the bonnet on you cant really tell.
Pretty happy with the result, looks reasonable for a first try and does exactly what it was intended to do - stops the car leaking!
 
Cheers,
Ryan

well done as you say good job for its location the complexity of it and the first attempt.
 
JP

Thanks JP
 
If anyone has photos or tricks they would like to share that would be great. I'm sure this wont be the last repair I make on one of these so any opinions, advice or constructive criticism is more than welcome
 
Cheers

Where did you get the patch panel for under the heater bubble at the top of the firewall? The one in the first post
 

 

troppo
Where did you get the patch panel for under the heater bubble at the top of the firewall? The one in the first post

Hi Troppo,
I got mine from SMCKA PERFORMANCE (I can't post the link but google will get you there)
Unfortunately he is closing down but may still have one. A great guy to deal with.
 
Cheers, Todd.

Cheers Todd
I already checked their website and they dont even list them anymore. Thanks anyway mate.
Cheers
Troppo

Send him an email. The one I got was not on the site either, he had just ordered it in. I think he might not have the time to keep the site up to date. Worth a try. I am glad I got the piece. Would have taken a bit of time to fabricate it.
Todd.

Detentespring
. I am glad I got the piece. Would have taken a bit of time to fabricate it.
Todd.

Yeah, thats why i want to buy one, i could fabricate one but it wont be exact if i do it in one piece and would be a real pain to do in multiple pieces

PM me an outrageously high offer and you could possibly convince me to part with mine (I'm such a hoarder I find it hard to let go of anything).