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PostPosted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 5:23 pm    Post subject: 16v throttle-body insulator prob solved. Reply with quote

Hi guys, i'm sure many of you have come across or heard of the 5mm insulator between the head & throttle body cracking or blistering. This part is now quite tricky to find, my dad is an engineer & he has found a way to make them. The original ones are made of bakelite (believe it or not) but he is using paxolin (sometimes known as tufnell) which is 1 of the few materiels that has the same properties as bakelite. The 4 paper gaskets for these insulators are still easily available.
The amount of work involved in making these items is huge, mainly because the material is not available in the correct thickness so sanding it down to 5mm is a very time consuming job, not to mention dangerous as the dust created by tuffnell is highly toxic.
Let me know if anyone is interested in any & i'll give daddy an order.
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33bits
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 11:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

We can now produce these insulators for £45 per pair, already got quite a few orders (well 12 to be exact), I gave a pair to someone to fit onto his 33 & he has now covered over 3000 miles with no problems, so i guess they have passed the test. Any more orders?
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just sold a pair of these to a 33/sud guy in Essex, he is talking about manufacturing them on i bigger scale (get working dad!) He will be selling them on for a much higher price than me though so if anyone else needs them let me know. Thanks to the people who have ordered already. Very Happy (Charlie, yours are on the way.)
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