Coil Covers there must be an easier way

[nudels]

As an alternative to the coil cover, i've seen and heard of people coating the entire coil with hard epoxy.

 

[xwyokid]

I've also used silicone for years and it works. However, it sure is hard with them spider coils. Which leads to something I have been thinking about for awhile. We all have heard about the rubber like material that truck beds can be sprayed with, (like Rhino lining). Auto parts stores sell almost the same thing in a spray can. I have used it for a long time to spray inside the fender wells of my new 4x4's over the years. Alot of the newer pickups aren't even painted way on the top of the fender well!! So if we remove our coil cover, clean the coil out good. Then replace the cover and spray some of the rubber coating on, the coil should be completely sealed. This being said, I don't know what would be required to remove the coil cover if necessary. Maybe a razor blade to break the seal??

 

[cammobunker]

Many of the areas I work are filled with crushed and broken chert. Chert is first cousin to flint; when it's broken it is extremely sharp. Hitting your coil against it is guaranteed to slice the coil. I worry about compromising the waterproofing in this case. I've taken to covering my spider type coils in vetwrap, a stretchy ace-bandage type material that sticks to itself. Because it's spongy, it absorbs the impacts and takes the cuts that would usually scratch the coil.
I'm thinking to find some tupperware lids at the thrift store and use sticky-backed velcro to attach them to my monolithic coils. I should be able to buy a bunch and a roll of velcro for what one coil cover costs. It's absolutely insane what coils covers cost.


Armor-all eh? Not a bad idea. Then you could use that sticky backed velcro to attach the coil cover. Put one side sticky-backed on the top of the coil and on the outside of the cover and use a piece of the other side to hold it on.....place it four or more places around the coil. Should hold it on firmly if you do it right, and the armor all should make the coil cover easy to remove for cleaning.