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Tony Hoffer


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I took the heater box apart on the DisAstre and the foam padding on the air doors had completely disintegrated...  Any Idea where to get new stuff? It is just closed cell foam... right?



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Tony, when I rebuilt the AC box on my El Camino I used foam weather stripping with the self-adhesive peel off tape from Home Depot. It has held up well for over five years.

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That might work well on the box to firewall.. I need some square stock of somthin somethin to rebuild the air doors...

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Well I tried to delete this but I cant.. I found a rebuild kit from the CVOA so Im good

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Ax-Man in SLP has a few shelves of different foams

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Just wondering if anyone has gone that far in their rebuilds.. That foam on the heater box doors seems to disintegrate after about 15 years..

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Tony Hoffer wrote:

Just wondering if anyone has gone that far in their rebuilds.. That foam on the heater box doors seems to disintegrate after about 15 years..

 For as much as I see ever needing a heater in my "summer" cars, I've never replaced the foam. Just slide the lever slowly and it doesn't clank...thumbsup



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www.homedepot.com/b/Search/N-5yc1vZc3e3/Ntk-Extended/Ntt-weather%2Bstripping?Ntx=mode+matchpartialmax&NCNI-5

 

Be sure to cut and paste the entire link!

This is what I used on my doors. 



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I never got as far as the door foam itself, just the outer box seals.

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I completely rebuilt the box in my 64. Got a kit from Original Parts Group. All the foam was die-cut and went together perfectly. I did it so long ago, that I don't remember how the pieces attached to the doors. Most of the pieces were sandwiched between two parts but the other stuff I think I used weatherstrip adhesive or RTV.

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