Jane wrote:
>I have a question for the list. My '67 GT6 is newly running, and I got a
>new transmission tunnel cover. I put it in last week (painted it black
>first, it came in pink color). The old one had a coating on the inside of
>some fiberous material (could it be asbestos?) and the new one didn't.
>The question is should it have something inside for insulation, or is >the
new tunnel material sufficient enough? If there should be >something in
there what is it and where can it be obtained? There was >nothing in the
catalog (VB) to indicate anything else was needed. As >always any and all
information is appreciated.
>Jane
>'67 GT6
Boulder Colorado USA
Jane,
At one time I had this oily bag of asbestos covering my gearbox also (BTW
a not so oily version is under the headliner insulating the roof). Since it
get very hot in Texas and the GT is a warm car, I had to do something to
keep from cooking in the Summer. I went to a heating supply company (should
be a lot of them in CO) and bought something called "Boiler Wrap".
Boiler Wrap kind of looks similar to black wetsuit material but about 1
inch thick. A sheet of this stuff is enough to do several cars and was
fairly cheap ($10-$15). I cut it with a razor blade into pieces that lined
the entire inside of the cover. It is held in place by contact cement. This
was done close to 5 years ago and when replacing the gearbox last February
it had not deteriated at all.
One thing to look out for is to leave room to provide access to the
fasteners holding the slave cylinder on. I made a square that was not glued
in this area that can be removed from the engine side in case I ever had to
remove the slave for repair work.
Good luck with your car and hope you make it to Dallas for the next
Nationals in 97.
Regards,
Richard Ceraldi
71 GT6 MKIII KF166L
Austin, TX
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