Heater Delete

[QuickSilver]

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]

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

 

[QuickSilver]

Do I need to make mine or do they make them for sale?

 

[rick_ingram]

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

 

[tony barnhill]

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.

 

[1965_MGB]

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.

 

[blueA]

Blanking plates are commercially availible for these holes in Oz ,but it would be an easy DIY. Bob

 

[69MGC]

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.

 

[QuickSilver]

Here's what I did.

Thanks for the input.

 

[tony barnhill]

Same thing I did.

 

[1965_MGB]

Looks a lot like mine, but your circle is cut MUCH better than mine

 

[WillR]

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