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cossie_al
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Draught from air vents
« on: Mar 13th, 2007, 7:54pm » |
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While I was replacing the bulb in my clock with led's I decided to take a closer look at my air vents to see if I could find why I had a constant draught.
It would appear that when new the flaps within the vent did have a foam seal protruding over the edge.
This first picture shows where the foam has deteriated and there is an obvious gap highlited in pink
To remove the flap it is a simple case of gently levering the arm away from the flap. the arm is attached to the spindle that the flap pivots on.
As I removed the flap from the coweling the rest of the foam seal just crumbled away.
After scraping the remanents of old foam off the flap I used a hot glue gun to glue on a new piece.
I found it easier to make the new foam slightly to big and then use a process of fitting, removing and trimming untill the fit was just right.
Here is the finished article with a new snug fitting piece of foam.
when I got it all back in the dash no more nasty draught.
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TiberiuS
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Re: Draught from air vents
« Reply #1 on: Mar 13th, 2007, 7:57pm » |
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Top man Al, I found this on mine...just never got around to doing anything...'tis quite a draft at the legal limit on the M11 
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cossie_al
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Re: Draught from air vents
« Reply #2 on: Mar 13th, 2007, 8:01pm » |
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I could put up with it when cruising at altitude, it was when dive bombing I found my hands getting a bit chilly 
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mr._floppy
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Re: Draught from air vents
« Reply #3 on: Mar 14th, 2007, 1:00am » |
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Great Heath Robinson type ingenuity al , but no sticky back plastic ?
( Fablon, as it was called in my house )
cossie al, a Blue Peter presenter in the making
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cossie_al
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Re: Draught from air vents
« Reply #4 on: Mar 14th, 2007, 7:52am » |
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Okay so wherres my badge
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