Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 17:19:01 -0500
Reply-To: Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
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From: Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
Subject: Re: So what did you use for the heater box foam rubber on the
doors
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I have something that may well work and hold up for a while anyway. There
is a roll of neoprene that's about 3/4" wide and 1/16" thick. I would
think a thin contact cement or neoprene wet suit cement(same thing only
less viscous) It has a "porous" side and a smooth side and perhaps some
talc on the shinny side would help prevent the neoprene from sticking to
the plastic after a period of inactivity? If 1/16" is too thin, I could
imagine that two or three layers could be sandwiched to make a thicker flap
seal. I got my rolls of it from johnrsweet.com, but if you go there, Davey
Hearn(whitewater paddlers will recognize his name) has pretty much taken
over John's business as John slips into retirement. A roll was like $5 or
so and had 30 or 50 feet in it IIRC. I don't know if thee's a ,minimum
order dollar-wise, but I could send a sample of the stuff if you wanted to
play with it. This neoprene glues better after light sanding of both
surfaces and multiple THIN layers of contact cement applied and allowed to
dry. The flap surface should be clean and sanded as well. 220 grit should
be adequate. Eventually the contacyt cement smell will disappear
Since I got in on the tail end of this thread, I'm assuming you're talking
about the flaps under the dash and not the heater flaps on the heat
exchangers on the early aircooled engines. Not sure any foam would stand
that kind of abuse!!
someday I'll do mine and report about it.
DM&FS
At 12:05 PM 5/6/2006, roger sisler wrote:
>I cant find anything that will work . I went to Home Depot and went to the
>weather strip asle. The have lots of weather striping. All about 1 inch is
>width. I need 2.5 inches for the flaps.Also, the foam I am removing has a
>sort of "skin" on each side of the 1/4 inch thick foam. This, for wear
>resisrtance, and a better seal? The foam is very soft.I understand that it
>has a softness rating of 1(whatever that means). I looked in the archives
>and have found several request for a good foam lead. Nobody got one,so I
>dont know what they used, or if it lasted. The heater box replacement
>requires the removal of the dash board, so I want to do it right the first
>time. These flaps on the early box have no access for removal unless the
>entire box is removed.Not good, and VW changed this on the later boxes. I
>want this early box because it has the oval cut out for the BA6. So ,what
>did you use for the foam gaskets, and how long have they lasted? Thanks,Roger
>
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