Pagoda SL Group
W113 Pagoda SL Group => Body, interior, paint, chrome, and cosmetic items => Topic started by: dirkbalter on May 25, 2021, 19:12:38
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Hello,
I am working on the insulation / sound dampening of the cabin. I intend to also add some insulation to the rear and I am wondering, what is the purpose of the cuts out in the rear (Kinderseat) area, picture 2? Do I ever need access the these? I am sure it was discussed before but I searched the forum and could not find anything.
Thank you for you help.
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it is not used in most of the cars.
For originality I did not glued insulation material, but I filled it with very thick insulation material that can be removed if necessary. Same in the inner wheel wells
Peter
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I sprayed my cavities with rockerguard, then made a nice padded bag for each side and then use them for my emergency kit - all the stuff you need in an emergency - zap straps, some tools like wrenches, pliers electrical tester, screw driver, emergency blanket, different types of wire - electrical tape, tire plugs, road flare, fuses etc. look up what to take on a rally and basically thats what I put in there. I think there is even a couple tiny bottles of Buffalo Trace Bourbon, couple hot wheels for cranky kids and a couple knives (filletting and a chef's knife and a sharpener) there is nothing worse than showing ap at a bbq and the hosts knives are so dull they don't cut.
If you leave your car out in the rain this area will fill up with water so I didn't glue any foam in there.
Both of my cavities were rusted out and the previous owner just filled the bottom up with chicken wire, newspaper and bondo. I removed that and made new bottoms out of galvanized metal and welded them in.
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Thanks guys,
Peter, didn't think of just laying the pad in, interesting. I think the approach and the materials used for sound / head dampening have come a long way since the 60'ties. I am using a 5mm thick 3 layer material with an aluminum sheet embedded in-between. Easy to work with and forms nice around the metal. Even though I like originality, in this area I believe there is some room for improvements.
Ian, very funny. My rear area was a mess too. It took quiet a bit of sheet metal manufacturing to get it back into shape.
However, I still don't know what the two port holes are for. Hard to believe they are just for possible water drainage.
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Those cutouts are simply drains for the primer when they dipped the body. Never used again.
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Those cutouts are simply drains for the primer when they dipped the body. Never used again.
Perfect, thank you.