Friday Night...Raining...Hood Insulator Install!!
Thread Starter
Race Director
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 11,334
Likes: 136
From: Out of Site...Out of Mind. Corvette: anything else is just transportation.
St. Jude Donor '09 thru '20
Friday Night...Raining...Hood Insulator Install!!
Got my new hood insulator at Corvette Expo. It's really crappy outside so if I can't get the Vette's out to go to a local cruise-in, why not do some work.
Tool needed to remove retainers.
Works kinda like this. (pic is with new insulator already installed)
Old insulator. Believe me, the pic doesn't do the grime justice.
Placed the old insulator on the new to mark approx. hole locations.
Put new insulator in and popped retainers in place and here it is.
Now all that's left is to enjoy a cup of coffee. 
Tool needed to remove retainers.
Works kinda like this. (pic is with new insulator already installed)
Old insulator. Believe me, the pic doesn't do the grime justice.
Placed the old insulator on the new to mark approx. hole locations.
Put new insulator in and popped retainers in place and here it is.
Now all that's left is to enjoy a cup of coffee.
Thread Starter
Race Director
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 11,334
Likes: 136
From: Out of Site...Out of Mind. Corvette: anything else is just transportation.
St. Jude Donor '09 thru '20
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 1,086
Likes: 1
From: Michigan
I have a '73 with no insulator. I bought an insulator and all the fasteners. I have had it for a year without putting it on yet. I'm not too excited about glueing 11 big fasteners to the underside of the hood as it is freshly painted. Any ideas of what to use to secure the fasteners to the underside of the hood?
Thread Starter
Race Director
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 11,334
Likes: 136
From: Out of Site...Out of Mind. Corvette: anything else is just transportation.
St. Jude Donor '09 thru '20
I have a '73 with no insulator. I bought an insulator and all the fasteners. I have had it for a year without putting it on yet. I'm not too excited about glueing 11 big fasteners to the underside of the hood as it is freshly painted. Any ideas of what to use to secure the fasteners to the underside of the hood?
That question would make for a new thread. Post it and see what kind of replies you get.
This classic car "wrenching" is all kinda new to me. When I got my '75, 6 years ago, the engine work was already done. I hired the paint/body work done. A friend and fellow Vette owner has been doing work on cars/Vette's most of his life and shows me what to do or let's me help him work on my Vette, as long as I don't get in the way.
The hood insulator is a no brainer. Retainers were already in place.
