1977 Plymouth Fury Station Wagon - heater core advice needed

Camper tape may work as a substitute. I've used it for sealing heater boxes and blower motors. Great thing is, it has adhesive on one side, and is more dense than the foam you usually find. You just need some that is 4-5 mm thick, but you find it at camper/trailer places.

 

I used closed cell foam tape so it wouldn't hold water. I bought it at the hardware store, it's the stuff for doors and windows. Different thicknesses and widths.

 

Check McMaster-Carr. They have a ton of different sizes of adhesive backed foam on a roll. We use a lot of it at work to seal electrical enclosures.

 

The white tape is actually rubber tape not foam. Don't use open cell tape it will hold water.

 

We use closed cell foam. They also have five million different types of adhesive backed rubber strips if you want to do that too.

 

Camper tape is closed-cell. Getting it at McMaster-Carr in different sizes is cool.

 

ok, guys, I'm back.. mission complete Warp Core is On-line again...lol
runs on Unobtanium..
here is the pictures i promised.. not the best, but gotta race with what was brought to the track..
i hope the pictures load in the order i selected them...

 

Geez with all that ability I would have thought you would have just fixed the hole in the old one.....

Nice job improvising

 

the old one was not repairable, lotta pinholes, ya gotta remember the old core is 40 yrs old..

 

That's always fun when the radiator shop says "Swiss cheese, get a new one" like you can just pluck one off the tree outback!!

 

radiator shop is a joke here.. wanted to charge me $340.00 to rebuild my core... they didn't want to help me..

 

^^^or the fella knew you had something hard to find and charged you accordingly. WhAt that dip wasn't considering is that you have skills of your own! Creation stems from necessity. Way to go!!!