There is another type of insulation like the pink fiberglass stuff too. Around here it is sort of gray green color. Superior in every way except price. Won't burn. Sheds water. Provides better sound resistance etc. Saw a demonstration of it a while back and was impressed. A bit more expensive but still cheaper than the high density Styrofoam stuff. I like it but I don't think there is much advantage to it unless one is looking for something thin. I have considered gluing the blue or pink Styrofoam to the metal door on my garage. The only down side is that it is not fire resistant and it would off gas some unpleasant stuff if it was ever to catch fire. There are blanket type things with fiberglass inside a plastic bag that are available to attach to a garage door as well. Or one could make their own. A friend did that with poly, insulation and one of those doodads for sealing food bags. It only did a foot at a time but he said it did not take long to make up insulation bags. He was using them in an old house with a stone basement and was concerned about water leakage damaging the insulation. Sealing inside the poly improved his odds in that way.
Randy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of LarryT Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 5:35 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oil draining and sucking 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
