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Old Jan 14, 2019 | 11:04 AM
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Airbox to firewall gasket material?

Does anyone know where to obtain the seal that is basically taped to the air boxes that seal the heater core and A/C boxes to the firewall? I've been googling for quite some time and everything I have found is very porous foam tape whereas the factory seal is more like a rubberized dense foam.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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Old Jan 14, 2019 | 12:38 PM
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Re: Airbox to firewall gasket material?

I couldn't find anything a few years ago when I had to replace the evaporator core housing. I ended up using some 3M strip caulk. Works pretty good.
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Old Jan 14, 2019 | 02:32 PM
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Re: Airbox to firewall gasket material?

I used the Strip caulk as well.
Worked great
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Old Jan 18, 2019 | 06:32 PM
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Re: Airbox to firewall gasket material?

You can find foam and butyl tape at the hvac supply house.......imagine that, sealing up the hvac box with hvac parts lol!
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Old Jan 19, 2019 | 05:03 AM
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Re: Airbox to firewall gasket material?

Sadly, I never thought of googling for hvac foam rubber gasketing tape. I think that may actually be the way that I try first.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone.
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