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Rubber heat shield for pipe on e models

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Is the Rubber heat shield really needed? Thank you and happy new year.
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Are you talking about the one that goes against the side panel to keep it from hitting? Mostly, yes it’s needed if you don’t want to melt your plastics.
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Slick_Nick wrote: 11:45 pm Dec 31 2022 Are you talking about the one that goes against the side panel to keep it from hitting? Mostly, yes it’s needed if you don’t want to melt your plastics.
This is what I am talking about.
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Thats a heat damper. I would definitely keep it on.
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Molly's 70 wrote: 06:20 am Jan 01 2023 Thats a heat damper. I would definitely keep it on.
Ok gonna have to track one down. Thanks
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