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

[Aidrian Bridgeman-Sutton]

>>-----Original Message-----=20
Did you ever get any feed back on the heater project?  <<

Not a great deal.=20

The box itself could be repaired, but the corrosion is enough that I =
will
replace it if I can do so economically, otherwise there will have to be =
a
couple of tricky welds on the inside. I believe the 4 cylinder box can =
be
used, but need to look a bit closer at one. Whatever I do there I'll =
have
the heater element re-cored along with the radiator - past experience =
with
V8 water circuits is that if you rebuild one element the problems =
usually
transfer themselves to the next weakest usually at inconvenient times.

I'm going to talk to a man about getting some seals cut on his water jet
machine when I'm up there in a week or so. What I need to do first is =
find
the right material - something that's sufficiently resilient but not =
likely
to absorb much water. Volara M or one of the Minicel foams look like
possible candidates.

The bulkhead insulation is another matter - I'm inclined to forgo =
complete
authenticity as the original matting absorbs water and dirt very readily =
and
I may use something like Dynamat. I'll post if I find something that =
looks
convincing; heat shielding seems a secondary function in this case - the
matting seems more for noise reduction than as a heat barrier

Aidrian



 =20

--=20
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/389 - Release Date: =
7/14/2006
=20