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

[Paul Smith]

Asbestos is nowhere near as big an issue as smoking.  It kills far less people than tobacco or cars.

PVS

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From: rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com
[mailto:rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com]On Behalf Of peter king
Sent: Thursday, 13 July 2006 11:22 pm
To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Engine bay insulation and heater box
gaskets


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 -----
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>> 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
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