Toolstation do a good poly adhesive/sealer which I've found to be good - in
a variety of colours for £5.20 a (mastic gun) tube - free delivery if
ordering over £10.
Martin
----- Original Message -----
From: "jin" <jinmys...@btinternet.com>
To: "Quantum Owners Group" <quantumowners@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2012 8:26 PM
Subject: [Quantum Owners] Re: brake bar question
cheers mate, i like the sound of the rubber sheet sealing method for
the pipes
On Jan 1, 1:36 pm, Jim Hearne <j...@quantums.info> wrote:
For the heater pipes i made up a plate out of thick stainless the same
size as the Ford stamped plate and then sandwiched a bit of thick rubber
sheet between the 2.
The rubber sheet has undersized holes for the pipes so it stretches over
them and seals.
Yes, just Sikaflex or equivalent Polyurethane adhesive.
Jim
On 01/01/2012 11:59, jin wrote:
> Thanks both for your replies, I ll go take a look at autosparks
> website now, I have bought some landrover grommets also that fit the
> 2mm thick stainless plate i have to hand,
> Jim, thanks for the info, i think ill stick with half the bulkhead
> i.e. the driver s side since that s the most busy with holes and
> grommets etc., i am going to encompass the heater holes since they
> dont look too good and I don t like the standard plate that covers
> them, it would be great to find some nice grommets that sealed the
> heater tubes to the stainless plate, ill make a localised plate the
> same thickness to fit behind the servo to keep the bar level.
> Jim, hope you don t mind sharing trade secrets? What did you use to
> bond / seal the plate to your bulkhead? sikaflex?
> Cheers for the input folks, I m a bit bewildered at the moment about
> the sheer volume of work ahead of me at the moment - I ve not even
> started to clean up the frame yet.......
> On Dec 31 2011, 7:25 pm, "Susan and Martin Scott"
> <susanandmar...@corringham99.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>> Someone (Kent Trim Supplies?) used to sell grommets suitable for 6mm
>> thick
>> panels at the car shows - a very useful item (twice the price of
>> regular
>> grommets), but worth the added expense for the agro saved. There are
>> some
>> larger grommets available (eg 1.5" dia) (from Auto Sparks?) which will
>> fit a
>> thick panel as well.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jim Hearne"<j...@quantums.info>
>> To:<quantumowners@googlegroups.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 7:06 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] brake bar question
>> I actually made up a stainless plate that filled the entire gap on the
>> top section of the bulkhead from side to side and down to behind the
>> smaller spaceframe tube.
>> This let me mount most of the standard bulkhead grommets into it
>> instead
>> of cutting and gluing them.
>> You may need to open out the hole in the bulkhead behind a little to
>> clear the rear edge of the flange on the grommet.
>> I also brazed a replacement clutch cable tube directly onto the plate.
>> For the grommets that are in other areas of the bulkhead you can make
>> smaller localise plates to mount the grommets into.
>> I also made up a sleeve with a flange on it the fix the end of the
>> heater tube onto the bulkhead.
>> Jim
>> >also started making a template to make a stainless panel to hose all
>> the grommets and reinforce the bulkhead as some of the fittings have
>> dished the
>> fiberglasshttp://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/DSC02344.jpgthankyouin
>> advance
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