M923 Soft Top Repair

[zout]

Went to Birmingham Al this morning and saw these being flat beded - very cool.
Anyhow - the soft top plastic strip was broken in two pieces and ripped away from the vinyl.

Took 1/4 rivets and a small pair of vice grips and slowly worked down the strip - used some very tight fitting body washers on the exterior of the rivet to help spread the pinch - turned out pretty good and holding tight - Its the only 1/4 length I had so I did not care - it was a test and trial anyhow - they will get touched up eventually.

 

[SCSG-G4]

Hey, you stole that idea from me! But, it's all right, I stole it from someone else. Did mine three years ago, holding up just fine.

 

[zout]

I could not put a name to the theivery - but I knew I got the idea from somewhere - and your right - if done right it is like a tank repair - solid as a rock. Thanks Mike.

 

[papabear]

Looks good Bro.
Did you ever find the lil trap door in the floorboard to check the brake fluid in the M923? I haven't found one in the M934 either!!

 

[Smokinyoda]

Looks good Bro.
Did you ever find the lil trap door in the floorboard to check the brake fluid in the M923? I haven't found one in the M934 either!!

Its there just keep looking. For some reason its got a dipstick also... and the fluid isnt purple either, its red??? And when I topped mine off with DOT5, suddenly the trans doesnt shift right anymore??? Any ideas?

Good job on the soft top repair, will definitely keep that in mind!

 

[zout]

Its not so much the brake fluid reservoir getting low - when I fire up the engine to warm it up and think - AH - maybe you should check the oil level - and I go pull the dipstick and its always low - so I just have been filling it - just cannot seem to catch up to get it on full level. The top repair looks like MAD MAX with the longer rivets sticking out the front but kind cool - they will keep me from climbing on the soft top.

 

[SCSG-G4]

A little etching zinc primer (wally world auto dept) will cover up/paint over the rivets so the un-initiated can get ripped if they try climbing on the roof. On the deuce, you're supposed to check the oil level a minute or so AFTER shutdown, not while it's running - maybe the 900 series is the same way.