Author Topic: FIREWALL PAD  (Read 14797 times)

Kazoo

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Re: FIREWALL PAD
« Reply #25 on: February 20, 2016, 23:55:16 »
And one shot of the intake for good luck!

Mike K

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Re: FIREWALL PAD
« Reply #26 on: February 21, 2016, 16:18:53 »
Thanks!
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Tyler S

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Re: FIREWALL PAD
« Reply #27 on: February 23, 2016, 16:07:20 »
Anyone know what the extra hole in the pad between the heater core inlet and the speedo/tach cables was for? There's no hole in the firewall.

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Re: FIREWALL PAD
« Reply #28 on: February 23, 2016, 21:30:39 »
Tyler,
that hole was used for a grounding/radio suppression cable on early cars:
http://www.sl113.org/forums/uploaded/66andBlue/200772223755_SpeedoCable_grounding.jpg
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