Forgot to cc the list.

mike

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From: Mike South <msouth@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: dash heater flaps
To: Daniel O Stevens <dosteven@syr.edu>

On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Daniel O Stevens <dosteven@syr.edu> wrote:

> I used the grey felt they sell in the window & door seal isle at the
> hardware store.
> Cut to fit and cut the little holes for the flap retainer to press thru
> and snap it together like VW did originally.
> I'm just not trusting the glue on the truck cap foam to stay stuck.
>
> It's in a spool as felt wetherstrip and you'll get 19'f too much out of a
> 20'f roll. But it's cheap and handy for other home & auto projects.
>
> While you have the heater out, I'd suggest adding the �" square steel mesh
> "Hardware cloth" between the heater and the intake from outside to keep
> mice out of the core.. not much worse than mouse pee on a hot heatercore.
>

Dead rodent decay might top that.

(I actually found a skeleton in mine when I took it apart.)

How do you attach?

Is this the material you're talking about?

http://is.gd/Xhjjcx

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-202024052/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=hardware+cloth&storeId=10051#.UNCxvZPjlXI

Thanks,

mike