Chris S., I'm going to have to pull my dash soon to repair or replace a noisy fan motor. How big of a job is pulling the dash? I think I'll follow your lead and install some sound deadening in there as well. Warren Lail 88 Westy "Billy Bones" 87 GL "Long John" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr. Polak" <MrPolak@yahoo.com> Date: Friday, March 26, 2004 9:09 am Subject: Re: sound deadening > Warren.K.Lail-1 said: > > Went to Home Depot yesterday evening looking for > > that material that is used for window flashing to > > use for sound deadening. > > I have been following this thread for sometime with interest. > > Two years ago I used the roll of aluminium-backed bitumen to line the > metal around the dash and inside the doors: > > http://www.knology.net/~vw/vanagon/dash/5.jpg > > The tinny sound is definitely gone and the doors shut with a "thunk" > instead of "tink". Unfortunately, my Westy is so damned noisy I can't > tell if it makes a difference as a sound deadener. > > Chris S. > > '85 Westy "Camel" > |
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