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Re: Problems, once again

To: jblair@exis.net
Subject: Re: Problems, once again
From: Bradley D Richardson <bradrichardson@juno.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 19:57:14 -0700
Kristopher,

I had a similar problem, mine turned out to be the tranny tunnel wasn't
sealing around it's connection to the firewall, letting air come inside
the car directly off the engine.  It sounds like you've looked for this,
but just in case, I thought I'd share my solution with you.

Brad

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On Tue, 06 Jun 2000 21:24:09 -0400 "John T. Blair" <jblair@exis.net>
writes:
> 
> At 08:58 PM 6/6/00 EDT, SpitfireKP@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >...
> >
> >My other, slighly less time sensitive problem is one that y'all can 
> probably 
> >help me with. My car gets EXTREMELY hot in the cockpit, 
> particularly around 
> >the occupants' legs. It is tolerable for short trips, but anything 
> over an 
> >hour in the summer heat is very uncomfortable. The engine is 
> running at the 
> >correct temp., and I have installed heat/sound proofing material 
> around the 
> >tranny tunnel, but it has not helped at all. Any suggestions would 
> be
> greatly 
> >appreciated.
> 
> Kristopher,
> 
>    You might try wrapping the exhaust pipe with header wrap tape 
> from the
> junction of the manifold to beyond the seats.
> 
> John
> 
> John T. Blair  WA4OHZ          email:  jblair@exis.net
> Va. Beach, Va                  Phone:  (757) 495-8229
> 
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>      75 Bricklin SV1   77 Spitfire     71 Saab Sonett III
> 
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