<VV> floor stiffening re-work at shifter opneing

[George Jones]

Personally, I think I would try fiberglass matt coated in POR-15. It would
provide rigidity and solve the rust issue if applied to both sides of the
metal.
On Dec 24, 2013 1:02 PM, "rich dixon" <dixon5553 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi; Happy Holiday to you....here's what I need some help with....need to
> stiffen the floor area around the shifter base on my late model coupe due
> to rust (surprise) and I do not want or need to replace the entire floor
> section, it's not that bad. I have made patch panels before and seem to
> work fine, but I wanted some suggestion or ideas on this area. There is to
> much flexing at the shifter base, due the floor having rusted out on the
> drivers side at the shifter base opening, that it will not allow it to go
> into reverse.
>
> My question is has anyone made a patch panel specifically for this? Should
> I make it so the shifter base is actually "sandwiched" between the patch
> piece and the shifter based and long rod tube? This seems like it would
> provide the most stiffness, but I am concerned about increasing the
> "stack-up" of the shifter, and how might interfere with the final
> adjustments? Or perhaps cutting a piece of steel panel cut to fit along the
> outside perimeter of the shifter opening in the floor, and using body
> adhesive attach this around the shifter opening in the floor. I plan to
> secure this piece using sheet metal screw and once it's all adjusted and
> working properly, that use a 3M body adhesive to secure it. Sorry to be so
> long. Hope my question is clear - thanks as always.
>
> Rich
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