Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 11:50:05 -0800
Reply-To: "SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: "SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Organization: Cosmic Reminders
Subject: Re: Accelerator Pedal Attachment?
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People don't have heat guns to aim at a work area ?
Dry ..yup ..that's important.
Heat guns dry things nicely too ....as well as warm them up.
My large shop can be hard to heat ..
so I just warm up all my materials including the epoxy ..
I might aim a heat gun at the materials or epoxy components from 3 or 4
feet away for 20 minutes, checking now and then that things are getting
too hot.
if you're outside in the cold and damp ..
that makes it really difficult of course.
That's why boats that are worked on outdoors in boatyards have entire
huge tents build around them in the winter.
I like a propane radiant heater too ..
a good size one on a 5 or 6 gallon propane tank.
That'll really warm things up .
There's just nothing like a smooth hard floor, a roof ...110Volts AC
power..some music ...
some heat source , walls with windows ...and you're stylin' ..and it's
fun to repair/fix and improve stuff on yer vanagon.
On 2/8/2014 6:18 AM, Don Hanson wrote:
> Epoxy is temperature-sensitive. Probably take a long time to cure unless
> your van can be warmed. You'd also want bare metal and dry to get a good
> bond.
>
> The accelerator pedal is something I need to have a look at on my van,
> too. A moisture spot for sure. I'm probably in need of preemptive repairs
> there.
> On Feb 7, 2014 10:41 PM, "SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )" <
> scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>
>> If you get professional grade two-part metal epoxy ..
>> I get mine from a 'real' automtoive paint and body repair materials
>> store ...
>> I call this stuff space ship glue ..
>> two clean pieces of metal bonded together with this stuff ..
>> and it will NEVER come apart.
>> You have to buy the mixing gun/dispenser also, a one-time expense.
>>
>> I swear ..a six inch by six inc metal patch bonded to the roof to the
>> roof of the van with this stuff..you could lift the whole van with a
>> crane from that patch ..it's that strong and permanent.
>>
>> it's perfect for floor repair. I like galvanized sheet metal there...or
>> aluminum ..or stainless steel ...
>>
>> I have repaired jacking points on a mercedes car with it even.
>> Not cheap ...but strongern' hell.
>>
>>
>> On 2/7/2014 9:00 PM, JRodgers wrote:
>>
>>> The floor on Ol' Red rusted through at the rivet holes. Fortunately
>>> there was enough metal there to put two of those sheet metal fasteners
>>> in place to accept sheet metal screws. For the time being it's working,
>>> but looks like I've got to have a piece of sheet metal hammered to shape
>>> and welded in. not a fun place to patch. Body shop wants 300 bucks for a
>>> bodyshop type repair.
>>>
>>> JOhn
>>>
>>> On 2/7/2014 10:46 PM, Tom Buese wrote:
>>>
>>>> I had my pedal ( Doka) break loose 750 miles from home-used duct tape
>>>> for
>>>> the drive home-replaced at home w/ self tapping sheetmetal screws, IIRC.
>>>> Detail is similar from splits to Vanagons. You can always change the
>>>> sheetmetal screws to Max's detail when the weather is nicer?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 11:05 PM, Max Wellhouse
>>>> <dimwittedmoose@cfu.net>wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 2/7/2014 9:34 PM, Jim Arnott wrote:
>>>>> The pedal came loose at the floor. ETKA shows pop rivets as the
>>>>>> attaching
>>>>>> fasteners. Can anyone verify this? (Pop rivets will make fixing it
>>>>>> MUCH
>>>>>> easier, but if they're threaded fasteners, I'll have to come up with a
>>>>>> better failed fastener removal strategy than a punch and a BFH.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anyone have hands on experience? (I'm going to be fixing this
>>>>>> in a
>>>>>> snowstorm. If I don't have to pull the frozen carpet, that would be
>>>>>> wonderful.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My rivets failed several years ago in the midst of an Iowa winter. NO
>>>>> fun to do cold. I fixed it once and for all. Took two #10 pan head
>>>>> stainless machine screws and pooked them through the floor and used ss
>>>>> fender washers and ss nylox nuts and you wil lneed a 2nd pair of hands
>>>>> to finish the tightening sequence. I was not going ot have this happen
>>>>> again....
>>>>>
>>>>> YMMV
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> DM&FS
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Tom Buese
>>>>
>>>>
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