Got tired of looking at hydraulic pump sitting in corner of boot.

[DeanS]

So did something about it.
Since I was an actual car stereo installer back in the day I got to see of I still had it…
Took trunk battery cover in to local fabric store and picked up a decent matching fabric for a grand total of like $2.
Attaching pics of how it started with pump sitting in koozie. Then the little wooden box made from scrap flooring. Attached to carpet with Velcro i affixed to bottom. Then cardboard design. Then cutting paneling and small blocks of wood, trex tape, staples and brads.
Fabric affixed with hot glue gun.
I think it came out rather decent.
Dean

 

[brillomaster]

Very nice, great job. Cardboard aided design at its finest.

There could be a decent few owners whod appreciate that if you made a few more.

 

[enuff_zed]

Why did you not fit the pump neatly into the gap then put a flat cover straight across it?

 

[ARCS]

This was how my old e85 was. It was just stuck on with velcro. Good effort all the same

 

[enuff_zed]

I meant something like this.
I accept the OP's car has the bulge on the bulkhead, but the motor can still be installed in that space. Doesn't have to be vertical as long as the reservoir is full.

 

[IF91]

Picked my first Z4 up earlier this week and it has the pump/motor loose in the boot.

Was wondering what people do with to cover them off and stop them moving around, but these all look pretty neat and this has answered my question.

Thanks!

 

[DMike]

On mine the plastic housing and the motor were dry and clean. For noise insulation installed the pump back in the housing, wrapped some felt tape around it and then put two zip ties through the boot lining holding it in place. Had to top up some hydraulic fluid as the pump now sits more horizontally, at an 45 deg. angle.

 

[IF91]

2m of Velcro strapping later and it seems pretty solid against the boot wall and floor.

Before:


After:


Seems solid enough for now. Feel better that it isn’t swinging round on corners any more, but need a better long term solution ASAP I think.

 

[enuff_zed]

2m of Velcro strapping later and it seems pretty solid against the boot wall and floor.

Before:
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After:
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Seems solid enough for now. Feel better that it isn’t swinging round on corners any more, but need a better long term solution ASAP I think.

Take it out of the lumpy old case.
Pull the carpet back and you'll see a mounting bolt there. Loop a cable tie through it.
Position the motor up against the carpet and use a sharp knife to cut a small slot in the carpet either side of it.
Feed a large reusable cable tie through one cut, through the cable tie under the carpet and back out through the other slot.
Pull the hidden cable tie tight enough to hold the other one in place.
Put the motor back into the corner and secure it using the large cable tie.
To finish, find a nicely matched piece of carpet and fit it across the gap. (Not a randomly coloured piece of badly cut carpet tile as preferred by people in 'sheds'!)
I'll refer you back to my previous post for the results.

 

[IF91]

Take it out of the lumpy old case.

…

To finish, find a nicely matched piece of carpet and fit it across the gap.

Awesome, thanks for this! Sounds a much more permanent fix.

That’s next weekends job sorted then