Firewall Stiffener for Throttle Cable

[twenty mike mike]

Is the stiffener spot welded in place? Bonded? Stuck there by habit?

I'd like to remove it for cleanup and painting, and it looks like a good whack on a chisel would take it off, but if it's welded, that will just bend it and the firewall.

[Ghoste]

Were they using adhesives for metal assembly back then?  My bet is spot welded. 

[twenty mike mike]

Probably not, but spot welding seems pretty labor intensive for that little thing.

[Ghoste]

True, I also suppose it depends where it occurred in the assembly process?

[twenty mike mike]

Now that I have the paint off it, I can see that it is spot welded. Makes sense, since it had original paint on it. I suppose the clips, nuts, stiffeners and whatever else on the firewall were attached before it was mated to everything else, which would have made things much easier.