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Re: [T2] Engine Compartment Seal
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- Subject: Re: [T2] Engine Compartment Seal
- From: J Stafford <sunbus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 09:46:15 -0700 (PDT)
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Chris <joeaverage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Take two pieces of that pipe insulation and >glue to together length
>wise. Use upholstery glue or better yet black >3M weatherstripping glue.
Contact cement didn't hold, so I used a zip tie.
(I MacGuyver'd this from scraps in my garage.)
>Viewing it from the end would create an "8".
Exactly. The two foam pipe insulations are
parallel. Glue line is where they touch.
>Now slit the foam lengthwise along the top of >the eight and bottom of
>the eight. One slit fits over the engine tin >and the other over the lip
>on the vehicle. ...
I used foam for 1/2" dia water pipes. Mine's
about 8" long to fill in a large gap of my OEM
type foam seal.
-Jack '73 Westfalia
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