Alternatives to transmission cover foam?

[Nickolas (Nick Saltarelli)]

We discussed a possible alternative a year ago.

Replacement gearbox foam solution?

A question mark in the title because I haven’t tested it out, though I’m convinced it will work swimmingly. I replaced my oil soaked and disintegrating gearbox lid foam with a slab of stuff I bought from one of the usuals. It was much too thick and required shaping with an electric knife, and even then the result was less than optimum. I came across this vendor at a recent auto flea market [closedcellfoam] and bought two for $10, thinking they’d be an ideal replacement foam. Unlike the orig…