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Re: TECH Question (sort of)
On Wed, 02 May 2001 07:39:57 -0700 "Langford, Cory"
<Cory.Langford@icbc.com> writes:
>
>
> With the Sun finally starting to show up regularly now, I have
> been
> stripping down the old '82 for
> a restore. One thing that has always been a pet peeve of mine is
> the fact
> that under the hood there
> is that foam noise barrier (or what ever it is used for) and it is
> simply
> disintegrating.
>
> I mean literally disintegrating. From the heat or what ever, it is
> falling
> apart. You touch it and it
> turns to dust almost.
>
> So the question is. What do the rest of you usually do about this.
> is it work ripping down and replacing (can you get new foam)
> or do you simply strip down the hood and paint the underside and
> not worry about it?
>
> Cory
I'd remove it for now, and decide whether you want to spend the money
on the new OEM foam pads, find an alternative methid, or leave it alone..
A ShopVac is the best way, that I have found to remove the old foam.
I use the one side of the ShopVac hose to scrape the foam off.
The foam comes right off and gets sucked up by the shop vac.
Most of the old foam makes it into the ShopVac, but you might
want to throw a sheet over the engine compartment.
HTH,
Peter
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