how much does underhood pad do?

Soundguy · Nov 6, 2012

last week i lost an oring on a fuel filter on my 7.3psd.

I've washed the engine compartment 2x and will do so again.. need to wash the vent areas arounf the wipers again too, in a quest to get rid of the diesel fumes.

just noticed the underhood pad is a gonner. it's soaked. I'll never de-fume the compartment with that on there so am gonna pull those plastic tabs out and rip it out tomorrow.

using the vent or ac just wafts those fumes up and into the cab. cab itself didn't get any fuel in it. windows were up.. and none got tracked in on my boots.

now.. is the paint gonna peel off the hood with tha tpad gone.. or will it immediatly go to freight train sound?

pad is near 200$ from ford... special order item too.

JESSE1 · Nov 6, 2012

All my SuperDuties with the 7.3 had the pad. The rest haven't had one. You may hear a difference but probably not much. You may like the sound better without it. I don't think heat will damage your hood paint. My '04 with the 6.0 didn't have a pad and I think it probably gave off a lot more heat than the 7.3.

Soundguy · Nov 6, 2012

you ar eprobably correct onthe 6.0 and more heat.. it makes more hp.. seems it would have to make more heat.

well.. noise or not.. it's coming off tomorrow after work.. if it's too loud to bear I guess I'll eat the 200$.. in the mean time I'll be sudsing and soaping the engine compartment and the vent around the winwipers down trying to keep the stink outta the cab..

darn triangle shaped oring....

bp fick · Nov 6, 2012

Try a different source. Ebay, JC Whitney, online auto sourcing of all kinds. Let me ask you this. If you could find one for $110. would you put it in?

Soundguy, that's the way my mind works on this kind of stuff. Sometimes on a non-critical, but darn nice thing to have, sourcing it somewhere, if it can be, at a lower price, even if the quality is off a tick, fills the bill nicely.

Best,

Soundguy · Nov 6, 2012

i did an ebay search earlier but didn't turn up anything specific. I would be interested in see other options though.
my opinion is that it came with a pad and would probably benefit from one, if possible

boxygen · Nov 6, 2012

Soundguy said:
i did an ebay search earlier but didn't turn up anything specific. I would be interested in see other options though.
my opinion is that it came with a pad and would probably benefit from one, if possible

Seems like this would be a good junk yard item. Even if it wasnt from a 7.3 or even a truck at all. Unless you are trying to keep this truck to put into a museum someday, you could find something that would work even if it has to be cut or modified. No way I would pay $200 or even $50. I would do without. I think a junkyard would be shocked if you tried to buy it from them, I bet they would give it to you. Sorry to hear about the fuel filter, that must have been exciting!

Soundguy · Nov 6, 2012

i lost a few gallons of diesel .. was driving down the road.. smelled diesel suddenly.. thought that was odd.. looked back and saw a vaporized cloud.. uh-oh! pulled into work shop I just happend to be passing on my day off. I was bleeding diesel like a garden hose!

stuff went everywhere.

thankfully we have a concrete shop floor and a containment syste,m for spilled oil and diesel with booms.. and then we can just add purple power and mop / scrub up..

yeah.. that price tag shocked me...

jc whitney has a hushpad heat deflector that is an aluminized padded set of 6 stick on sheets you apparently remove your oem pas and stick thes eunder the hood.. but they are over 100$ by the time shipping is added on.. and it loks like you put tinfoil all under the hood.. looks.. um.. bad from the pictures..

QueBota · Nov 7, 2012

How about using some Dynamat, never used their product under the hood but I have used it in the cab/interior. Works well for me.

Hoodliner

Dave

stingray1 · Nov 7, 2012

How about using some duct insulation from some heating and air place. Use your old pad as a template and cut to fit. It has to be a lot cheaper that $200.