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Tech Area => A/C, Heating and Cooling => Topic started by: dyermullet on June 06 2015, 01:25:45 PM

Title: ideas to seal air box
Post by: dyermullet on June 06 2015, 01:25:45 PM

The gasket between the two halfs was destroyed when I took the top off the air box.  Any ideas of what I can use to replace it?

Title: Re: ideas to seal air box
Post by: earlbrown on June 07 2015, 03:35:19 AM

The stock airbox?    I haven't seen one of those in decades!  lol




How about a strip of that sticky foam for sealing up household door and windows?

Title: Re: ideas to seal air box
Post by: dyermullet on June 07 2015, 10:17:56 AM

Sorry the heater core and evaperator core box. 

I am trying to avoid just silicone  glueing it down.  I dont want it to break sometime when i remove.

Title: Re: ideas to seal air box
Post by: earlbrown on June 08 2015, 08:30:19 AM

Same thing...   wide sticky foam

Title: Re: ideas to seal air box
Post by: dyermullet on June 08 2015, 08:55:17 AM

Lowes or home depot kind of item?

Title: Re: ideas to seal air box
Post by: Steve Wood on June 08 2015, 01:53:36 PM

that will work, or you can buy some of the black caulking strips and lay them around the opening.

Title: Re: ideas to seal air box
Post by: earlbrown on June 08 2015, 02:19:28 PM

Quote from: dyermullet on June 08 2015, 08:55:17 AM

Lowes or home depot kind of item?

I meant the wide sticky foam for sealing to the firewall.  It's can be found there or at walmart.

for the other parts, use the dum dum like Steve mentioned.


It's been a while since I did my heater core, but it seems like I had plenty there to just squish back in place.

Title: Re: ideas to seal air box
Post by: dyermullet on June 08 2015, 04:29:52 PM

Where  do i buy black caulking strips.

Mine fell apart and was full of mouse shit so it was disposed. 

Title: Re: ideas to seal air box
Post by: earlbrown on June 08 2015, 04:58:07 PM

auto parts store, auto paint store, stereo/tint shop that installs sunroofs, or get a friend that works at a body shop to grab you a scrap glob.   It's the same stuff that seals our 1/4 windows.

Title: Re: ideas to seal air box
Post by: Steve Wood on June 08 2015, 04:59:09 PM

think I bought them from amazon or such...but    http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/CatalogItemDetail.aspx/Seam-Sealer-Caulking-Strips-Black/_/R-MMM08578_0006438141 (http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/CatalogItemDetail.aspx/Seam-Sealer-Caulking-Strips-Black/_/R-MMM08578_0006438141)

Title: Re: ideas to seal air box
Post by: Forzfed on June 08 2015, 05:26:57 PM

Someone used some crazy silicone on my old 85 T-Type and I almost cracked the housing trying to get it open.  That is all.

Title: Re: ideas to seal air box
Post by: Steve Wood on June 08 2015, 06:20:46 PM

when using silicone, one lays the bead down and lets it cure for about 30 minutes so that it has skinned over well, then puts the cover on.

Title: Re: ideas to seal air box
Post by: dyermullet on July 08 2015, 12:01:10 PM

Quote from: Steve Wood on June 08 2015, 04:59:09 PM

think I bought them from amazon or such...but    http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/CatalogItemDetail.aspx/Seam-Sealer-Caulking-Strips-Black/_/R-MMM08578_0006438141 (http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/CatalogItemDetail.aspx/Seam-Sealer-Caulking-Strips-Black/_/R-MMM08578_0006438141)

Thanks Steve.  That stuff was a PITA to use but it got the job done.