There's an interesting product called "Tiger Foam" (Google it). Comes all self-contained for spray installation. We used it (insulation/fire rating) and a project this summer. Beats the heck out of handling insulation bats or dealing with the rigid foam sheets.
on 11/26/07 6:34 PM, LarryT at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just checked prices on styrofoam (like) sheet insulation in 4'x8' - Home > Depot has it for $9-$10 each. Once my new metal 3 car garage is done I;ll > start installing them (once I buy them) ;-) and I hear they are *very* > effective. Will insulate the ceiling and walls. > > The foam sheets are easy to install buy I haven't compared prices with the > pink insulation - which I dislike because it always gets in my skin.. > > Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) > www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts > Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil > PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net > Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs > . > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "R A Bennell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 5:00 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oil draining and sucking > > >> I have one of those electric construction heaters with a coil and a fan in >> the middle. However, my garage is >> uninsulated and the ceiling is open to a big attic. I need to close the >> ceiling off and put some insulation in. >> Then I could probably warm it sufficiently to work in there a bit when I >> needed to. Wouldn't be hot but does not >> need to be. A new garage door wouldn't hurt either since mine is metal and >> not insulated. >> >> Just another one of those projects that has been on the list for many >> years. When it is warm enough to work on it, >> one does not and when it is too cold, one wishes one had done so. I used >> to be tougher too. I can recall changing >> the thermostat in my wife's car when it was -25F with a floodlight bulb in >> a socket hung over my hands to keep them >> from freezing. I think now I would just take it too a garage and have it >> done but a few years back I did it all >> myself. >> >> Randy >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rich Thomas >> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 2:01 PM >> To: Mercedes Discussion List >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oil draining and sucking >> >> >> Go rent one of those big space heaters that looks like a jet engine and >> turn it towards the car, let it go for 15 min or so, will warm up the >> garage a bit too, and you in it. Then finish up and take the heater >> back, feeling more relaxed and calmer. >> >> I live in Texas now so don't have to deal with that sort of thing much >> any more, but when I lived near Boston, I would occasionally have to >> resort to that approach. Cheap money. >> >> --R >> >> R A Bennell wrote: >>> Yesterday made me wish my car was slightly newer. My 115 has to have the >>> filter element changed from underneath. >> I >>> waited a bit too long ( I have changed the oil at Halloween the past >>> couple of years when I put it away for >> winter) >>> and the weather has turned cold here - about 5F yesterday. I plugged it >>> in for a bit and got it warm enough to >>> start up. Let it idle long enough to come up to temperature and then >>> messed about with the coolant before doing >> the >>> oil. I guess I let it cool a little too much as the oil took forever to >>> drain out of the oil pan. The main >> amount >>> came out like it should but then it just trickled out for a half an hour. >>> I finally got tired of waiting and put >>> the plug back in so I could pull the filter. Got that out and a new one >>> in the canister etc. Then ran into >> trouble >>> trying to get the darned thing back on the car. Too tight under there. >>> I'm getting old and fat and I finally had >> to >>> give up and haul out the floor jack to give myself a bit more room. Still >>> couldn't get the filter to start. >>> Difficult to do under there. By now it was supper time. Dark and cold and >>> although I was in the garage, I had the >>> big door open as I had moved the car back to give myself a bit more space >>> at the front. I was struggling with it >>> when my wife came out and said that the rest of them were tired of >>> holding off dinner waiting for me. I was >> chilled >>> to the bone and getting angry so I gave up. Just lowered it off of the >>> jack and pushed it back into the garage. >> So >>> right now, I have it sitting there with no oil in the pan, no filter on >>> the car, the filter stuff in a garbage >> bag >>> as it is oily and dirty, a pan of used oil sitting under the fuel tank at >>> the back and perhaps little chance of >>> revisiting this mess before the weather warms in April or May. So, right >>> now, I am wishing I had the engine with >>> the filter that loads from the top and a garage that I could heat enough >>> to make winter work bearable. Supposed >> to >>> be -4F tonight- snowing as I write this - ground is white and not likely >>> to change prior to spring now. >>> >>> Randy >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Hendrik & Fay >>> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 9:54 PM >>> To: Mercedes Discussion List >>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oil draining and sucking >>> >>> >>> Technically you are sucking the oil and not draining it, so we go the >>> drainers and suckers on the list. >>> I am a drainer because I also like to get under the car at least twice a >>> year to check the steering components and anything else. >>> >>> Hendrik >>> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>>> I hate to be left out, so.... >>>> >>>> I drain my oil hot after a run, delayed only by the few minutes it takes >>>> to >>>> get out my Topsider and set it up. I have had no problems with using the >>>> thing >>>> in the seven years I've had it and the pickup tube has never melted >>>> despite >>>> all the old wives' tales to the contrary. >>>> >>>> By the way, my '08 C300 has a dipstick. Unlike my '01 C320 which had no >>>> dipstick, oil pressure gauge or idiot light. >>>> >>>> RLE >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >>> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >>> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.7/1152 - Release Date: >> 11/26/2007 10:50 AM >> >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
