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

[peter king]

thank you, Eric.

pk


On Jul 13, 2006, at 6:39 PM, Eric Russell wrote:

> 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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