[Mgs] MGA heat and sound insulation

barrie at look.ca barrie at look.ca
Mon Apr 24 11:24:02 MDT 2017


> If  you go to your nearest roof contractor you can buy aluminium faced
bitumin stuff with a brutal adhesive - It is used on flat rooves so will
not "weep".  Cost is less that $1 per square foot.  The exact same stuff
is sold by Dynamat for cars at $8 per sqft   !!!    Used this on my MGB
GT and it was great - but NOT under the hood !!!
>
> Great timing Robert!
>
> I don't know about the 3 below but I
> installed an Eastwood product 2 yrs. ago. I ripped it out today. Don't
> know if I installed it incorrectly or what but the car was leaving
> little puddles of a tar-like substance. At first I thought the
> transmission tunnel rubber seals (elongated horseshoe shaped grommets
> that seal the bottom of the tunnel and frame. Moss# 280-005, Buffer.)
> were disintegrating after 30 yrs. Nope, the thermal barrier, I used, has
> a tar layer sandwiched between the outer layers and wherever I had made
> a cut when forming the underlayment this tar had become hot and oozed
> out. What a mess. So I'm thinking of using just a heavy duty foil then
> the new fake jute then maybe another layer of foil. Not worried about
> noise but it does get a tad warm in the cockpit. Will look to see if the
> Moss products have tar in them.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Dave W.
>
> 59 :{)
>
> 59 MGA
> 1500
>
> Burlington WI
>
> On 2017-04-04 13:17, Robert J. Guinness via Mgs
> wrote:
>
>> I need to reinstall carpeting in my MGA roadster to get rid
> of the eroding jute underlayment. Moss is having a sale on the three
> different underlayments listed below. Anyone have experience with any of
> them? Any preferences? Any readily available patterns for cutting and
> installation. Any tips and tricks for the novice? Thanks.
>>
>> Foil
> Heatshield
>>
> http://www.mossmotors.com/Shop/ViewProducts.aspx?PlateIndexID=135443
> [5]
>>
>> Hushmat
>>
> http://www.mossmotors.com/Shop/ViewProducts.aspx?PlateIndexID=135421
> [6]
>>
>> Sound Control Super Insulation
>>
> http://www.mossmotors.com/Shop/ViewProducts.aspx?PlateIndexID=135460
> [7]
>>
>> --
>>
>> Robert Guinness
>>
>>
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