Arrrgghhhhh, after all that work I decided to have a quick gander on Monday to admire my handywork and look what I found. It seems as though the sound deadening has dropped a bit (you can see the slightly lighter felt in the photo, just above the cut-out part) and has rubbed against the paint on the spark plug cover. Damn.
Oh well, looks like I know what I'll be doing on Saturday...
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Simon C's 1995 4th Gen
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That is a shame as it looks like your sound deadening is still in really good condition. Could it be that it needs to be made a little bit more taut to stop it sagging at that point?
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I stopped mine from sagging at that point by squeezing a small amount (pea sized) of sikaflex through that hole (a bit above and a bit below), then placed a towel on the engine to force the shield to the metal and shut the bonnet overnight.
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They all do that unfortunately - it's really annoying.
Really it needed an extra fir-tree clip to hold it up at that location, but drilling through just the bonnet rib skin to create the hole for one and not clouting the underside of the bonnet top skin when the drill bursts through??? That's not going to end well!
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That's just what one of the guys at the office said yesterday. I've got tomorrow and Friday off so I'll pop down to my guys at AB as I have a couple of jobs that need doing so I'll definitely get them to have a look at this.
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I'm ashamed to say I had to look up 'Sikaflex' and thanks for the recommendation. Much appreciated.
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Thanks, Iain but there's no way my nervous system could take it if anyone goes near the bonnet underside with a drill I'm sure Ali and his guys at AB will help me out with something. I'll let you guys know when we've found a solution.wurlycorner wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 12:29 pmThey all do that unfortunately - it's really annoying.
Really it needed an extra fir-tree clip to hold it up at that location, but drilling through just the bonnet rib skin to create the hole for one and not clouting the underside of the bonnet top skin when the drill bursts through??? That's not going to end well!
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As you can see from the picture, Ali and his crew didn't use anything (as per your towel idea) to put pressure on the sound-deadening so it's sagged again. You can see a bit of the glue here it's peeled away. Damn. When I'm back up and running, I'll go and get some Sikalfex and do it myself.
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