Does anyone put anything between the bottom of the scuttle and the self it sits on.
I was thinking of some of that very thin closed cell foam tape. ie to give it something to sit on, and to allow a little "give".

What does the team think?
What have you done?
What do you think you should have done?

Yep, exactly what I have used and a number of others have used it too.

Rich.

Me to

Same here, 3mm x 25mm closed cell foam.

Nope. Not us. Nothing at all.

When you use the foam tape, does the scuttle not sit too high from the side panels? The front of my scuttle sits on the engine tray and sits too high IMHO--and that is only 1/16". This weekend I'm going to have to redesign the whole thing. I'm with Hellfire on this one, no tape needed.

--Chris

By the time you've tightend down the scuttle, that 3mm will end up more like 1mm (less than a 1/16, more like a 1/25 with any luck).

[Edited on 13/4/05 by clbarclay]

it will just help to stop water ingress and any potential vibrations etc

Wow!... Thanks for the views.. I was thinking along those lines. Water ingress and vibration. Not from damage more more for noise from vibration.

I think I will go with the tape, when its bolted down it wont be high enough to worry about.
Thanks chaps... and any chapesses.

I used it too, if its good enuff for Dax then its good enuff for me

If you tighten the scuttle down sufficiently (and I don't mean wrenched down) there will be no vibrations whatsoever and definitely no ingress of water!!

PS. At least not on the MK body panels

Where's all the water going to be coming from? Unless you have a roof on it's going to get in anyway.There's only the two little bits exposed where it sits at the side, the rest is under the bonnet. Foam strip will absorb water and conduct it by capillary action anyway, you'd be better off with solid rubber like inner tube strip.

I also used closed-cell rubber strip - not to stop the water getting in (although I guess it does) but to stop squeaks and rattles between the chassis and the scuttle frame (mine's a book chassis with a 'real' scuttle). I've also been fairly fanatical generally about keeping the engine bay well-sealed from the passenger compartment. Not worried about exhaust fumes, as I have no roof or windscreen, but I would like a decent chance of escaping unscathed in case of an engine fire.

rgds,

David

Hello,

I'd thought about running a strip of tadpole trim all the way along from the scuttle to the nose cone. I think it may make the join ebtween the bonnet and chassis look better.

I'll let you know how i get on.

Cheers

D