Hi John,
In the Ford tests that I saw that's exactly what my companies task was,
develop a seal. We made specific extruded rubber seals to fill the gaps
between the A/C condenser and the radiator. Competitors were offering a foam
filler (the stuff with sticky tape on the back) such as that used to
insulate around doors. For Ford it was a cost issue, what was the overall
lowest cost. Our rubber extruded seals won mostly due to cost of assembly.
Ours assembled more easily at the suppliers plant rather than at the Ford
assembly line. Later we were replaced by a thermoplastic extruded seal
rather than rubber. Again a cost savings to Ford.
For your application, I'd suggest a foam backed sticky tape type product. It
can be stacked if you need a thicker section. It can also be cut such that
seeing it would be difficult.
Or you could get some thin flexible plastic or rubber sheet and cut a custom
seal to fit the gap. Attaching it would be more difficult than the sticky
tape foam stuff.
Hope this helps.
JVV
----- Original Message -----
From: "John A. Wise" <JohnWise@alumni.pitt.edu>
To: <triumphs-digest@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 7:12 PM
Subject: radiator reinstall 60 TR3A
> Well I should be reinstalling the radiator this weekend (assuming
> that it does not get too d@mn hot to be working in the garage). The
> radiator has been rebuild including hard mounting points for the
> electric fan, & I have a new shroud.
>
> Given Gerald Van Vlack's note about the possibility of hot air
> recycling through the radiator that he saw in the Ford test, as well
> as to keep all the exterior cool air going through the radiator.
> Does anyone have any advice on how to seal the shroud to the
> radiator?
>
> Also, I am thinking about moving the Crane electronic ignition
> control box from the firewall by the battery and mount it on the
> front of the radiator shroud to keep the control box a little cooler.
> (The car is in Phoenix so "cooler" is a relative word.) Any
> experience or guesses about the value of such a move???
>
> John
>
> John A. Wise, Ph.D., CPE
> Glendale, AZ
>
> JohnWise@alumni.pitt.edu
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