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JoelH
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GI Joe
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63ziggy
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 Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 1:52 pm Post subject: Re: Body lift engine tin issues |
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JoelH
I have the exact setup. While not cosmetically pleasing to some, I have never added any sheetmetal "filler" between the tin and engine bay sheetmetal.
I have been running a 1776 for 6 years mainly weekend driver, shows etc. I have never had any cooling issues if that is a concern. I know I have seen debates. I thought about sealing off early on. Hit that point in having a running driving project and never thought about getting back around to it. |
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kubelmann
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 4:22 pm Post subject: Re: Body lift engine tin issues |
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One ideas (Under $10) that works to combat this issue was:
Completely clean the area and carefully craft a bridging seal using Wide black Gorilla tape. The clear has been used for many outer repairs, cars, boats, green house doors and more. It sometimes takes a few attempts to get it right. But the ideas is to make a two sided apron from Gorilla tape that is well adhered to the engine tin and is the right length to reach to the body apron area.. The adhesive is Urethane based so it requires curing to fully adhere... Hint: read instruction on roll before applying. ha.. |
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saddlesore1
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 8:32 am Post subject: Re: Body lift engine tin issues |
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never had a heating issue. Although I run an external cooler and a fan always on I never seam to get above 180. On the hottest days down the freeway I get to maybe 210 but as soon as I come to an idle or slow down back to 180. BTW I have a 2L
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ldj1002
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 8:46 pm Post subject: Re: Body lift engine tin issues |
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JoelH
I have the exact setup. While not cosmetically pleasing to some, I have never added any sheetmetal "filler" between the tin and engine bay sheetmetal.
I have been running a 1776 for 6 years mainly weekend driver, shows etc. I have never had any cooling issues if that is a concern. I know I have seen debates. I thought about sealing off early on. Hit that point in having a running driving project and never thought about getting back around to it. |
I assume you don't have sealing at all between engine sheetmetal and the car body. I have never quite understood why all that sealing is needed anyway. Looks to me like all the hot air from the engine blown down under there would be outrun before it could be sucked up by the fan. All the replicas I have saw don't have it all sealed off and no heating problems there. Is that engine sealing really needed??? |
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ALANSD
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 5:22 am Post subject: Re: Body lift engine tin issues |
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I too have this issue. Some tin ls actually missing. But as paranoid as I am about cooling, the engine seems to run fine all the time even in the Georgia Summer oven temps.
I used Gorilla tape to attach the rubber surround gasket, and then added a tennis ball to the hood latch, and the Save My Bug stick to the oil.
So far no light comes on, ever...
I do have an external oil cooler also |
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