The dreaded repair

[Boumsong]

Its that time. The clutch cable has successfully escaped! Its made a fairly sizeable mess and I'm feeling like its gone a bit beyond the adhesive repair patch. This will need steel work.

I can't decide wether to remove the engine OR the dash to get at it to do a proper job. Or both? Also, is there a steel patch available? I can only find adhesive aluminium ones so far.

Either that or I might remove a section of material and plate it over flat. Im not sure how this would affect cable lengths though..

[Nate]

there must be steel repair panels available, as i've sen pics here people have had the self adhesive plate welded in

[bengould]

Hi,

If you look on my project thread you can see how I repaired mine with just a piece of 3mm steel plate. Maybe a bit overkill but it certainly isn't going anywhere any time soon.

You don't need to remove the engine or dash, I took the air box and carb off and that gave me plenty of room to get the welder in.

Ben.

[Boumsong]

Thats what I'm dealng with.

[james butler]

http://sciroccoregisterforum.co.uk/carf ... =10&t=8298

[MacColl]

My bulkhead hasn't gone yet but with rear arch welding required for a new filler neck I decided to go for preventative approach whilst i was at it.

I paid £15 for a bulkhead repair and after hours of drilling grinding and hammering I decided it was scrap, it basically doesn't fit the Scirocco in any workable way for me. So I made a panel that is thicker and basically wider spreading the load..

Piece of garbage I paid for on right and fabrication of plate..


In position, was welded on in three contact areas, primed and painted. It will be tidied up at a later date when something like the headgasket needs doing. One problem is the heavy D shaped grommet won't fully seat into the two thickness's of metal. However it already feels firmer

[mark1gls]

One problem is the heavy D shaped grommet won't fully seat into the two thickness's of metal.

Don't worry about that, just shove it in as far as you can and after a few weeks it will settle in the hole, I found with the repair plate like you brought you get the same problem. (Fitted one to my Mk1 Golf before the bulkhead gave way)

[eefy]

Yeah had to cut loads off mine when i fitted it, thankfully mine was preventative-

http://www.sciroccoregisterforum.co.uk/ ... 3&start=45