[ROVERNET - UK] Engine bay insulation and heater box gaskets

Eric Russell p6rovers at yahoo.com
Thu Jul 13 23:39:32 BST 2006


Peter,
You're right - fibreglass.  

Eric


--- peter king <peter at king-co.com> wrote:

> what is the material used on the 3500s firewall? It
> is grey, and has  
> fibers, like fiberglass. Hopefully no asbestos
> content... I'm in the  
> middle of my 3500s engine bay restoration, and, with
> the heater just  
> pulled, will be curious to see what is available for
> replacement foam  
> and padding.
> 
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
> On Jul 13, 2006, at 12:58 AM, Vern Klukas wrote:
> 
> > Giggle! I doubt fire rating played much role in
> material selection  
> > in the ol' P6. The sisal insulation padding around
> the dash and  
> > firewall a case in point.
> >
> > But seriously, I have a pair of good-used heaters
> seal for a future  
> > project. Both are a molded rubber style, which I
> have only seen a  
> > handful of times in better than 40 (North
> American) examples  
> > wrecked over the years.
> >
> > Finding proper materials for the various foams in
> a P6 in a major  
> > pain, as many of the otherwise straightforward
> bits, shape-wise,  
> > are faced with a very thin (I suspect rolled on
> wet) film on the  
> > outer surface. It is a attempt to compensate, I
> suspect, for not  
> > having closed cell foam of low enough durometer
> technically  
> > available at the time of design, the late 50's
> early 60's. There is  
> > actually a very large amount of plastic in the P6
> interior, for its  
> > time. Very leading edge, as witnessed by the
> material failure of  
> > the early dash trays under the sun, crumbling away
> to nothing in  
> > scant years in climates other than English.
> >
> > Yours
> > Vern
> >
> >> I used some low density foam and stuck vinyl to
> it.
> >> Works.  Not sure of fire rating...
> >>
> >> PVS
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com
> [mailto:rovernet- 
> >> bounces at lyris.ccdata.com]On Behalf Of John
> Burkhard
> >> Sent: Thursday, 13 July 2006 1:39 pm
> >> To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
> >> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Engine bay
> insulation and heater box  
> >> gaskets
> >>
> >>
> >> Did you ever get any feed back on the heater
> project?  I have two  
> >> spare
> >> heater units for our 2000 TC, different than your
> 3500s.  One day  
> >> I plan to
> >> rebuild one of them as the unit in the car spits
> out a lot of  
> >> foam.  The
> >> key for this project is the seals on the air
> control doors and the
> >> insulation marital between the heater unit and
> the car shell.  I  
> >> am sure
> >> that there is some high tech stuff at $600.00 a
> running foot that  
> >> will
> >> work.  Oh! The width of this stuff is about 6". 
> I have looked  
> >> around on
> >> line and have yet to find anything.   Under hood
> (bonnet) pad  
> >> material
> >> might work but I am not sure that I want to go to
> all that work  
> >> and then
> >> find out.  Take Care.  jb
> >>   ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Aidrian Bridgeman-Sutton"
> <smokeandsteam at san.rr.com>
> >> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
> >> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 10:43 PM
> >> Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] Engine bay insulation
> and heater box gaskets
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> > -- 
> > Vern Klukas                             I'm a
> little . . .
> > Inkspot Type & Design
> > vern at inkspotco.com
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