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QuickSilver

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I removed my heater this weekend.

Now I have hot air coming in from the engine bay (seems like those MG engineers knew what they were doing after all - lol).

So for fellow deleters, how did you cover up the two gaping holes after the deletion?
 
bgbassplyr

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Sheet metal cover plates with foam or thin rubber gaskets so you can undelete.
 
rick_ingram

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Ditto on the sheet metal. Easy to make yourself....I cannot imagine this piece being available commercially.
 
tony barnhill

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Not commercially available...I just cut a piece of thin aluminum & pop rivet it in place using the gasket underneath...

You could take the gasket & make a pattern & use the original screw holes to hold it in place.
 
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I used some sheet metal to cover the hole in the engine bay, and then used some more to cover up the holes in the interior. I used the original screw holes to make the mod reversible.

On my MK1 I left the two air flaps on either side of the tunnel in place, I just closed them up.

I used some POR-15 on the underside of the sheet metal to keep things from getting any rustier.
 
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Blanking plates are commercially availible for these holes in Oz ,but it would be an easy DIY. Bob
 
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I just removed my heater box the other day. I'm going to fabricate a plate as well and spray with some sound deadening coating also was going to put some heat and sound insulation inside the empty space where the heat enters the car.
 
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Here's what I did.

Thanks for the input.

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tony barnhill

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Same thing I did.
 
WillR

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in the picture you have an air filter on the vent tube, correct? What are the benefits? i have never seen it before.
 
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