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lsabuilder(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:31 am Post subject: Firewall Sealant

All,

   

  My paint job can out great, except for a yellow jacket wasp (now white jacketed), that decided to investigate the leading edge of my rudder.  He stuck like glue and died in the position he landed.  The paint shop said certain flying bugs are attracted to the fumes of acrylic enamel.  They said they would repaint the rudder.  I told them to leave it there, it adds character.  Its not like it can hurts the looks !!!

   

  My question.  Does anyone recommend a firewall sealant they they were happy with ??  I used Yamaha boots to cover the nose wheel steering arms.  But I want to completely seal out any air from entering the cockpit.  Also, has anyone used a engine-side insulation blanket to help with heat rejection into the cockpit ?

   

  Thanks,

  Bob West  (701 Kit build)  

   

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steveadams

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 191

Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:39 am Post subject: Re: Firewall Sealant

For sealing around the perimeter of the firewall, and firewall penetrations I used proseal. You can get it in a dispensor and apply it like caulk. The nice thing is that once it has set up a bit, it has the consistency of putty which makes it easy to work with in areas you can't easy access with a big dispensor.  Supposedly it can withstand temps up to 2000 deg.

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Geoff Heap

Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:23 am Post subject: Re: Firewall Sealant

Bob.

I can't help you with your question yet. I have bought some sealant from assco but I havn't tried it yet. You can help me though. I wanted to use the Yamaha boots on my 701 but after getting some dimensions here on the list I decided that they would not fit between the floor and the horizontal "z" stiffener just above the steering slots. Did you modify the position of the stiffener or what? The dimensions I was given seemed to be about 1/2" to 3/4" to tall to fit in there. Your feedback would be most helpful. I fabricated a thin rubber barrier to do the job but it's not as good a job as the boots would do. Please respond.......Geoff

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dirkslabbert(at)telkomsa.
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:09 am Post subject: Firewall Sealant

Geoff, I'm worried about rubber burning in the cockpit, I did boots in 

silicone impregnated fibre glass mat, custom made to the dimensions.

Same on the rest of the firewall inside, will send a pic.



Dirk

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