Been for a session in Morph, God it gets hot! Should there be a seal around the engine lid? Morph only has a seal along the frontmopst edge but there's finger sized gaps all over the place. Not to mention several holes that need plating over from compressor hoses and such like.
I had a length off a car that a mate was scrapping, its the standard stuff that goes around the doors. Its a bugger to get it to stay in place whilst you put the cover on, so I've put some tiny self tappers alog its length to hold it in place. Makes a lot of difference.
I don't think you are alone with cooking. I absolutely baked on the way home on sunday! As for the holes, I'm never ceased to be amazed by how much air, be it hot or cold, can come through a rivet hole. On the GS I have a missing door rubber (on the list) its great in the summer, not so much fun in the winter, esp in rain!!
My cover is in place, and has its covers sitting on it, but i can't get an M6 drill through it (i intend to tap it, and then screw my covers down).
I also cant get my welded frame onto my dads pillar drill to drill it there cos some bugger has left a saab in the way!
I'm not sure wether my cover is better than the original item or not. Its going to be easier to cover, It seals a lot better, and its much easier to get at the engine (my top cover lifts off - i replaced my alternater with ease the other day!), and you get more access - its got nasty corners round yer knees though.
I am tempted to modify my proper 101 cover and make the top removable, and then alter the way that the sides fix down.. S'not gonna happen till the winter though.
On or around Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:27:44 +0100, Mother enlightened us thusly:
sounds exactly like normal car door seal stuff, which of course can be blagged from any dead car. I used it on the door seals on the series - top tip from a mate; rather than buy new LR seals and arse around rivetting them on, instead, cut the lip off the bit where the seal goes and use ordinary car door seal stuff as described. Works fine.
Steve have you given it a test run yet? How long does it take to cook a full English now? Very interested in this.... how long did it take them to knock one up?
Hi Lee, I took the cover of my 101 into them and said that there was a pretty fair chance we would need more, so they have made a kit of bits and all the templates for us. The kit is self-adhesive, and provided the surfaces are clean, the stuff sticks like the proverbial to a blanket.
I'm collecting it in the morning (they keep funny hours) and then we are off on a trip to Lincoln. I'll let you know how we get on. We have a sound pressure meter at work, and I am going to get some before (no cover) before (cover on, no liner) and after. measurements.
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