Re: Sound deadening material removal?

["Mark Battley" <m.battley@domain.elided>]

>>I had a body man look at a stripped down spider body and he recommended that
>>the material on the transmission tunnel and around the drain plugs be removed
>>as your not quite sure if any rust may be under there.  It looks solid, but if
>>your going to do a job do it right.  Any tips on how to remove that material.
>>It looks like an asphalt or tar blanket laid on the transmission tunnel.  The
>>stuff in the floor pans looks like it was tar just poured in.  How to remove
>>it if necessary?   

>   Altho I have not tried it yet, a restorer I know of some repute said the
>way to get that gunk off your tunnel and floor is to heat it with a heatgun
>and scrape away with a plaster spatula (putty knife, etc). Definitely a messy
>job that he was happy to have me do before he attended to the floors.

Been, there, done that. With a hot air gun it actually isn't tooooo bad a
job. And you definitely do want to get it off in any region where there
could be rust: once rust gets under the edge (such as around the bungs) it
travels quite a way. At least the stuff comes off very easily where there is
rust....

Have fun!

Mark Battley
Auckland, New Zealand.

1974 Alfa Romeo 2000 GT Veloce

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