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Posted: February 25 2006 07:30 AM
 
George Abel (aka ahotrod33) [ View ] [ Email ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ]
Glen Mills, Pennsylvannia
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I'm ready to mount the evaporator for my AC. Fiberglass body, smooth firewall. I've thought about glassing brackets to the interior side of the firewall and then using them to mount the evaporator. Just want to check to make sure glassing the brackets won't screw up the paint on the engine side of the firewall. Haven't worked with fiberglass before, and not sure if I'll create problems with the finished side of the firewall. Thanks.
 
 
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Posted by ahotrod33  -  02/25/2006 07:30 AM
Almost forgot to thank you guys for the ideas--must have been a CRS time for me. My son is checking with his body shop buddy for the adhesive. We'll go with the 3/4 inch plywood--great idea and give me lots of room for mounting other stuff. I'll mount the fuse panel there, using slotted holes so I can pull the whole fuse panel down if I need to get at it. Any thoughts on using MDF instead of plywood? I happen to have some here at the house and I'm a cheapskate.
ahotrod33 [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Glen Mills, Pennsylvannia Charter Member since June 2003
 
Posted by Willys33  -  02/22/2006 09:08 AM
In order to glass brackets on you must ensure you don't have a cold joint. You must grind the area to give it "tooth" then drill holes in your bracket to ensure the glass goes thru it and bites onto the firewall. Because the unit has some weight to it I would not guarantee that the brackets will hold and there may be some "pulling" or shadowing on the engine side. I ould use a piece of 3/4 inch plywood to cover the entire inside of the firewall. Stick it on with liquid nails that is designed for 'glass. This way you can mount things like the fuse panel, relays and what have you to the plywood and the wood will also act as insulation/noise dampening.
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Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  02/22/2006 09:59 AM
find a bodyshop buddy with the gun for panel adheasive. there is a product [smc i believe] to bond steel to fiberglass. the new bonding products work as good a glassing and a lot easier to do. it not bolt a long bracket from the top of firewall to hang the unit from. put a small flat head bolt thru under the weatherstrip so it will be hidden. be carefull glassing to the back side. it will show on the front.
dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003
 
Posted by Rods & Customs by Leon  -  02/22/2006 10:37 PM
The whole trick in not being able to see the line edge through on the other side is to tear the fiberglass, Not cut it
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