A lot of ppl, myself included, use the aluminum "bubble paper" that you can
buy at home depot etc. It comes in a roll and you can cut it to fit the
underside of the tunnel. I glued it down with some 3M spray adhesive and
that's it. I completely covered the underside including the part you can
see from the engine bay. The only problem is that with the extra 3/8" of
insulation under the lips of the abs tunnel where you screw it to the body
made it more difficult to get the thing to line up with the holes. A lot of
swearing and pushing later its in and I'm very happy with the results.
Ryan Smith
72 Emerald Green Spitfire
>From: "Bradley D. Richardson" <brichard@us.oracle.com>
>Reply-To: "Bradley D. Richardson" <brichard@us.oracle.com>
>To: Triumph Spitfire Mail List <spitfires@autox.team.net>
>Subject: transmission tunnel
>Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 09:58:33 -0700
>
>Need some advice. My transmission tunnel needs replacement, I have the
>replacement ABS plastic tunnel on order, should be here in a few days.
>
>The current tunnel has an insulation pad stapled to the interior of it.
>I'm told the new one doesn't come with the pad. Any thoughts out there
>on how to install the pad on the new tunnel in a way that it won't fall
>out. Stapling through the plastic doesn't seem a good option, and
>gluing doesn't seem stable enough.
>
>Brad Richardson
>79 spitfire
>Portland, Oregon
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