Sound insulation/deadening / Silence of the Di ! Is it poss?

[AndyG]

Not turned up yet But they have my payment

No hurry in this weather TBH freeeeeeeeeezing cold

Due any day now

[kennystag]

Andy anymore work done on your van. I got some of this sound proofing link below but i have not had the chance to fit it yet. I have nothing to compare it with as i have never used soundproofing before
cheers
kenny


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SOUND-DEADENING-p ... 240%3A1318

[MinorMatt]

Any chance of a list in order of what made the most difference Andy?

[MCL]

Firstly, forget removing the dashboard to do the bulkhead/fire wall on the inside
That's right, it didn't make that much difference and certainly not justified

The floor, inner arches and doors, a big yes and in the engine compartment a big yes

Oh, nearly forgot Can't hear the rain over the cab area either
So anotherbig yes for the ceiling

Would I do it again
Definitely (leaving out the dash removal part

[Leeday]

Wow Andyg,
What an amazing thread, Haven`t sat down and read a book like that in years...very impressive.. How much weight do you think all the insulation will add to the van?
Not going to do mine, but seeing your dash out brought back memories of when I took mine out (when I bought it) to rectify the wiring loom from years of previous owners adding bits then removing them... wires going here, there and no where
Mk3 2.0 Pinto with 4 speed auto.........

[simon3314]

Really impressive thread. Nice work

I keep mulling over this sort of thing and am currently in the middle of swapping engine and gearbox. So what I'm thinking is that I'm gonna completely empty and clean the engine bay and around the gearbox floorpan area . Then with the front end high up on axle stands, proceed to dynamat the whole engine bay and spray the cab underside with many coats of underseal/sound deadener until I run out of paint

So basically what I'm saying is that it's maybe more effevtive to attack it from the outside where the source of the noise is!

[simon3314]

Sorry you did dynamat the engine bay didn't you? I didn't quite catch that initially and just saw it covered up again.. very nice work

[mark72]

Nice work! But it would have been less time consuming and cheaper to buy ear plugs!