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On 13 Jan 2005 at 6:37, Dave Pallo wrote: > Does anyone know a good place to get the pieces of "insulation" that go on > the sheetmetal in the engine bay? Ya know, the ones you see facing you (in > the engine bay) when you open the hatch? I'm not sure if I've ever saved any of that stuff, but I can look. > Is the sound deadening board sold at mcmaster-carr a good replacement? I'm > not sure if the heat here is too much for this board.... I don't know either. I think the McCarr stuff is adhesive, while the OE material just hangs there on some hooks, so it really is fundamentally different. > Actually, what is the purpose of this insulation board? noise? heat? Probably mostly noise, but I don't think that it actually does much good. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~