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01-13-2015, 10:06 AM
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Fresh air vent rebuild....
My fresh air vents were in bad shape so I picked up a good used pair here on the parts board. I removed the rust via an electrolysis bath. I then drilled out the rivets and split them apart. They're now in primer. My question is when I get them painted and put them back together with new seals, what kind of rivets should I use? It seems the blind rivets like from the factory would be a pain to do. Steel pop rivets would probably bend the metal. So I'm thinking aluminum pop rivets and then fill the holes from the back with something. I don't know what the best solution is. Pic just for the heck of it...
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01-14-2015, 06:05 PM
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Re: Fresh air vent rebuild....
I did mine recently and just used some small buttonhead screws.
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01-14-2015, 06:59 PM
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Re: Fresh air vent rebuild....
I used aluminum rivits on mine, I think they were 1/4" by I think 3/16" dia. Put the head on the front side. Bought a couple feet of 12" wide rubber sheet from the hardware store and used what was left of my old seals as a template to cut new ones, cost about $3 for both sides.
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01-14-2015, 07:48 PM
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Re: Fresh air vent rebuild....
Thanks guys. I was just going to buy the seals since they're only $4 from classicparts.com. I think I'll just go with aluminum rivets then.
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01-14-2015, 07:49 PM
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Re: Fresh air vent rebuild....
Pop rivets are the way to go
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01-14-2015, 07:55 PM
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Re: Fresh air vent rebuild....
can you replace the rubber seals without tearing apart the vents?. im getting ready to refresh mine also?
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01-14-2015, 08:21 PM
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Re: Fresh air vent rebuild....
Probably a silly question but, how do you access the fresh air vents to remove them? I need to remove mine and paint them too.
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01-14-2015, 09:44 PM
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Re: Fresh air vent rebuild....
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01-14-2015, 10:59 PM
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Re: Fresh air vent rebuild....
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01-15-2015, 09:23 AM
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Re: Fresh air vent rebuild....
AirSpeed: Thanks for the info! Sounds easy enough. I didn't know they were spring loaded. I may pull them this weekend and paint them.
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01-23-2015, 12:14 PM
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Re: Fresh air vent rebuild....
My new seals came today. I like how the instruction sheet they give you is completely wrong LOL.
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01-23-2015, 02:21 PM
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Re: Fresh air vent rebuild....
Got the same instructions with mine - not possible, they sound like the instruction for 73 - 84? where the seals did go around the perimeter of the vents. I laughed when I read them. Got like like the aftermarket stuff - keeps you on your toes!
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01-23-2015, 02:40 PM
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Re: Fresh air vent rebuild....
Overall I'm very happy with how they turned out. It's always nice to refurbish old parts.
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01-23-2015, 03:22 PM
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Re: Fresh air vent rebuild....
Great job!
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01-24-2015, 11:16 PM
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Re: Fresh air vent rebuild....
Thank you!
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01-31-2015, 03:13 PM
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Re: Fresh air vent rebuild....
Looks good! Future project for me to
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