dabiz7

'86 US model 928S
Taking the center console out to upgrade the radio, etc. and the sealing foam at the top where the inner part of the air vent presses againt the inner dash ductwork just fell all to pieces.
It looks like regular foam to me, is there something particularly special about it? I can't seem to find a picture or part number in the parts list for it, the closest looking is
928 574 387 02 gasket_heater but I don't know for sure if this is what I need. Can anyone confirm this?

I have been trying to find some 1.2 in foam to substitute, haven't found anything that I think looks ok to use. Any suggestions?

Jerry Feather

I would suggest that you simply find a substitute center console and replace it. The amount of time and effort you are going to expend trying to repair yours, with a very doubtful end result, is way out of proportion to replacing it. Contact 928 International for a replacement--they have several used ones in stock just about all the time. Be sure to get one that is compatible with your MY.

yardpro

i think jerry is talking about a different part...

mine was toast as well...

just simple adhesive backed foam

MFranke

I would remove that old foam. In my case I simply cut a new foam strip from some foam I had laying around and glued it in the groove there.

You can start with thin strip of adhesive weatherstrip from Home Depot and might be easier to cut that to fit.

jwillman

ditto on the adhesive backed insulation strips, just did mine the same way.

homan

I bought it in Home Depot

Jerry Feather

You are right. I thought he was talking about rebuilding the console itself which is basically made out of some kind of structural foam. I think the reference to 1.2 in foam is what threw me off.

What I am doing in my Flush Console conversions is replacing the foam in question with some adhesive backed household closed cell foam from the Hardware store, as suggested. I bought some that is about 3/4 inches wide by 1/2 inch thick. What I do is cut the width down to what will fit the channel in back of the vent snuggly by ripping it in my band saw against a makeshift fence. Then, with the channel cleaned of old foam crumbs and adhesive, I put in a layer of yellow contact cement, because the sticky on the foam strips is not very strong, and then peel the covering off the new foam and stick it into the channel. There is a part of the channel that has a deep and fairly wide groove in it about a third of the way around, so the new foam is not going to be stuck to very much in that area, but be careful not to cram your new foam to the bottom of that groove--just along the tiny flat edge that goes along one side of that groove. One thought is that you might consider putting (gluing) something into that groove that will raise it up to the bottom of the channel and then gluing the new foam to that.

dabiz7

Thanks for the suggestions.

Will rip some foam to width and apply to the groove.

OKB

if you can find an AC shop that does complete AC work and supplies parts, they should have a replacement solid vinyl "foam" with adhesive back that is used to replace old style FOAM material
I used some to rebuild the air box on a few cars

PCARUSA

I just did mine today and I used ACE Hardware #51277 3/8 X 3/8 'Narrow Gap Rubber Tape'. It comes in a 10 ft. roll but you only need around 20 inches. It worked perfect. If anyone needs some let me know and I will mail you out a piece.