T25 engine hatch into a bay

[Mr Bean]

Has anyone fitted or point me to a thread were someone has fitted a t25 engine hatch into an early bay, looking to fit one on my crew cab.
Ta

 

[Guest]

i dont know any threads but i have a t25 hatch to go into my devon. ill watch this space.

 

[Clem]

I've seen it done a few times. I 'think' you have to chop it to make it fit correctly?

I cut a hatch surround out of a T25 once to sell on to someone for a split bus. It was a nightmare of a job! Good luck.

 

[Mr Bean]

Thanks guys as usual with me buy first research after!!! Hopefully with it going on a crew cab I've got a bigger area,after I bought it somebody said the floor cut is different width on ribs,pick up next week will let you know how it looks

 

[Bundy]

I also have one waiting to go in mine! Will keep an eye on this too!
It does look too big to fit without some narrowing though...

 

[sparkywig]

I was going to fit mine without any alterations, just brace the existing deck with 25mm square tube.

 

[paul_q]

Into a split


http://www.vwkd.co.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?t=2786&sid=77cfa67d339c171187e05b9dcc116880

 

[davidoft]

I've done one into a split, I used the reinforcing bars either side of the engine bay to decide the width of the hatch, no need for a steel box section.

 

[davidoft]

I had to make it narrower, I offset the join to keep the strength and make it easy to keep flat, ended up with a slightly wider rib in the middle , but much easier than building a frame

 

[Mr Bean]

Thanks davidoft, really helpful set of pictures and great idea offsetting the cut

 

[sparkywig]

I was going to fit mine without any alterations, just brace the existing deck with 25mm square tube.

Thread resurrection.
Cut down to fit eventually.

 

[Ben72Bay]

Thread resurrection.
Cut down to fit eventually.

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Looks a superb job
Well done