Quote Originally Posted by Bill R. View Post
factory service manual, tell me which parts your having a hard time understanding and i'll attempt to explain it to you.... Oh and control units loosely translates as computers, you know, DME, SRS,ABS etc
OK,I am assuming the guy I plan to have do this job is an experienced professional body restorer. There are a half dozen big old antique Mercedes Benz's in the yard he's restoring as well as other modern cars and from talking to him he presents himself as a quick minded individual. That being said I will be asking him to rehab the hole thru the floorboard directly under the base of the accelerator pedal. He removed the pedal and saw how the two tabs on the base piece had been welded on to the floorboard and that he would weld a piece over the cleaned up original and weld the pedal base piece to that . I will discuss with him somehow fitting another piece from below the hole to prevent the Elements from affecting the space between the new covering piece and the original floor THRU the opening if it is only covered from above inside the car. The exhaust pipe off the header goes directly under this hole and dropping the entire exhaust is something we hope to be able to avoid. I was wondering if it will be possible to weld a piece placed from beneath slipped in under the exhaust pipe and held in place by some means to be welded along the rim through the hole from above FIRST then weld the top piece over that effectively sealing out the elements from entering via the otherwise open underside? That being the plan,knowing the area where he will need to work,providing the seats will be removed,center console out and carpet folded back Would you expect he will have the place to ground within the Three Feet instructed in the manual there Meaning if he will we can proceed safely with just removing the negative battery cable and the DME and other Control units in there and I suppose the CCM and LKM over in the Fuse Box should come out too.

On a side note my Radio turned up fried after I had my Car painted. The shop acted completely puzzled about the possible cause and never really offered to do anything for me. I ended up just buying another off ebay for $120..