79 spider firewall tearout

[spiderbob79]

Hi guys,First time post to this section.Got a 79 spider with the firewall tearing apart behind the brake booster and
and up to the clutch cable passthrough and also over to where the speedo passes through the firewall.I'm going to
try to post some pictures from photobucket if I can figure out how.Just wondering if anyones had a similar
problem or has an idea what the best fix would be.

[img][IMG]http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w42 ... CN3081.jpg[/img][/img]

[img][IMG]http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w42 ... CN3080.jpg[/img][/img]

Well not sure if that worked,I got a bunch of text but I don't see any pictures. Any help would be
appreciated.

[RRoller123]

Well that picture posting thing sure is confusing. Took me forever to figure it out. Here is what I do:

First, you must post your pictures on photobucket.com or one of the similar competing websites. You can't post pics directly from your computer. So set up a free account there first. The instructions here reference photobucket.com.

Then in your FS.com post, look for the "Img" box at the top of the post, #9 from the left in the row of command icons.

Put the cursor where you want the pic to appear in the post (leave a few spaces after text is a good idea) and click the "Img" button/icon above.

Then go to the photobucket.com site (or competitor) and find your pic. Hover the cursor over the pic and a drop down menu will appear. Then click the "Direct Link" or similar button. In Photobucket, it will respond with a "copied" indication.

Go back to your FS.com post and make sure the cursor is EXACTLY in between the 2 Img boxes: [img](cursor%20in%20here)[/img] then right click and hit "paste" and the web link for the pic will show up in between the 2 img boxes. DON'T hit the IMG button a second time. MOVE your cursor out of the IMG info you just created before you hit enter.

Now when you post the post, the pic will be there!

Remember that if you delete the photobucket "master" pic, it will no longer appear in the posting here on FS.com

Also: there is a size limit to the pictures that can be displayed here, I think it is 750 pixels in width, someone correct me if I am wrong. So you may need to resize (typically downsize) the pics so that they fit properly and all of the pic is displayed and not cropped. What I do is really simple: I email the original picture to myself within AOL. AOL will automatically prompt you to see if you want the picture "optimized". Say "yes" and send this new pic to yourself. I then save it with a "small" addendum to the picture name and put this optimized picture up on photobucket. It works every single time like a charm.

[narfire]

Just wondering if anyones had a similar problem or has an idea what the best fix would be.

Yeup.. several including myself have had to deal with the firewall fix..
The clutch cable can get bunged up and the firewall takes the flex instead of the cable. You'll be getting a new cable.
I was fortunate in that I had a parts car and took a cut-off wheel to the area around the clutch cable hole in the parts car and then pop rivited that over the hole on the good car and then welded a bead around the plate. Put the new clutch cable in and good to go.

[spiderbob79]

Well let me try this picture posting again,computers and I don't do well together.

[img][IMG]http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w42 ... CN3081.jpg[/img][/img]
hope that worked

[spiderbob79]

OK,ONE MORE TIME

[spiderbob79]

Finally, as you can see in the pic,the tears are in two separate places where the booster mounts and I'LL send
another pic of just the clutch cable and speedo cable holes to show you what i'm up against.

[spiderbob79]

Well I got the sending part right,now I just need to send the right pic.

[spiderbob79]

Ok, finally got the pics posted.hope someone has some thoughts on this.I do have an idea from a guy I met at
an Italian car show that I'll post another time but I have to sign off for now.
thanks for any info you might have

[narfire]

Tack weld the cracks. Find a parts car from someone parting one out ( see parts for sale) and cut out a 4 X 5" section and weld that plate over the cracked area. Some have just cut a hole in a plate and welded that as well.
Put lots of wet towels under the area when welding.