Rob, Happened to me too. All of the sound deadening material fell apart. The old material came out pretty easily though it's a dirty job. Covered the engine with plastic sheet and ripped off all the old foam. Wet vac with bag collected all the gritty grime and I'm planning on a more thorough cleaning and paint the engine job, later.
I bought new sound deadening kits from Defender. Covered the doors reusing the original screw fasteners to hold the spikes against the wood. Haven't attacked the rest of the box yet. That's the harder part. Will have to wait till winter. Chuck Scheaffer 1989 C&C 34R, Annapolis > On 07/02/2022 12:09 PM Robert Abbott via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > > Josh, > > You are absolutely correct about sound deadening hold the spikesmaterial > disintegrating all over the engine room....that is the case on my boat...the > stuff on my boat is now so old it should be removed....the black dust > particles are quite apparent in the engine compartment. > > Actually thinking about moving it and replacing it with either new > material or a different material. > > Rob Abbott > AZURA > C&C 32 -#277 > Halifax, N.S. > > On 2022-07-01 10:41 p.m., Josh Muckley via CnC-List wrote: > > > > Neil, you're not wrong about the air being relatively > clean but everyone should consider just how small 5 microns is while also > remembering the last time the sound deadening material disintegrated all over > the engine compartment. Its also fascinating the speed at which the bilge > gets dirty on a clean boat. If the air truly is clean then ANY filter should > last forever. If, on the other hand, there is some mishap then any filter > will help mitigate damage to the engine. > > > > Josh Muckley > > S/V Sea Hawk > > 1989 C&C 37+ > > Solomons, MD > > et Outlook for Android https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
