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MConstable
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 9:38 am    Post subject: Battery tray... Reply with quote
Hey guys, what all is involved in replacing rusted battery tray in a Thing?
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:10 am    Post subject: Re: Battery tray... Reply with quote
If it's only the tray section, just buy a replacement rear 1/4 pan, cut, and weld it in. You can get the pan from The Thing Shop, among others.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:13 am    Post subject: Re: Battery tray... Reply with quote
CraigInPA wrote:
If it's only the tray section, just buy a replacement rear 1/4 pan, cut, and weld it in. You can get the pan from The Thing Shop, among others.


Awesome, thank you, I was hoping there weren't two layers of metal.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:51 am    Post subject: Re: Battery tray... Reply with quote
Cut out the old and weld in the new!!

(Never done it, but that's what I've observed in other build threads!)😉
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 10:00 pm    Post subject: Re: Battery tray... Reply with quote
My battery tray is rusted through, but only in one pretty small area. Waaay smaller than buying and shipping a quarter pan.

Does the commonly-available Beetle battery tray fit in there relatively closely?

I'm thinking of trimming a piece of metal and just welding it in, but if the Beetle ones fit, I'll spend $20 on it and have it look closer.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 02, 2016 5:48 am    Post subject: Re: Battery tray... Reply with quote
A beetle patch should work. I believe the pans don't get too different until the front foot well area(comparing bug to Thing/Ghia)..
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 7:44 am    Post subject: Re: Battery tray... Reply with quote
Is it this bad this is what the last Thing we restored looked like I think it has been repaired a few times
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 2:44 pm    Post subject: Re: Battery tray... Reply with quote
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Is it this bad this is what the last Thing we restored looked like I think it has been repaired a few times
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No, not that bad. But the left side of the battery is poking through the pan! Shocked So the hole does need patched for sure.
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