[T2] re: my bus says Brrrrrrr!
Hello again all listees, just moved back from Victoria, BC Canada (on the wet west coast) for those who don't know shangri-la to icy Calgary, Alberta (hi Courtney). I'm badly in need of a block heater for my '76 bus. I've looked high low on every website I know (cip1.com, bus depot, etc) and nobody has them. Not very surprising as how many people drive their busses in the winter? That is, true winter, Canuk style. I've seen magnetic ones at FLAPS which are around 3 wide and 5 long which could mount on the bottom of the engine but I don't know how much heat would actually transmit through to the oil. Anyone have any suggestions or a block heater around? PS-Courtney, I'll expand on the teachers drive busses, I work in education too you're right. If they're not driving one, they're wanting one. ;)
Re: [T2] Insulation Ideas
Try a product called Reflectix. I'm living in Alberta, Canada it's freezing here. Not like the pussy Tenessee/Southern US freezing (you'd all perish here). My whole bus is fitted with this product which is amazing as its totally flexible, never rots and can be cut made into any shape with simple sissors. Product is available at any Home Depot (yukkk) Caio good luck ps-product website is: http://www.reflectixinc.com/ '76 Bus 'o fun - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 4:26 PM Subject: [T2] Insulation Ideas Greetings All, The Duck is going in to get a paint job next month and I am in the process of removing most everything from the shell. I pulled out the tarboards from the engine compartment and I got to wondering..surely there must be a better insulator than these *%^$#@ tarboards. Recently when I was down in San Francisco I met a fellow Busser. He had removed the tarboard and placed some sort of foil faced solid insulation in its place. The pieces were sealed on the edge and the whole effect was that of a professional job. The metal tabs used to hold the tarboards were bent a little lower to hold this new insulation. Pretty spiffy. Clod that I am, I didn't ask him about that at the time. Basically I'm looking for something rigid (I don't think I want to do the floppy NASA stuff like Matt Bulley did), non flammable, and resistant to chemicals which will insulate both for heat and sound. I know others must have conquered this little problem in the past. Suggestions for materials or resources? TIA, Mike 1970 Bus - The Ruptured Duck -- To UNSUBSCRIBE send any e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To email the admin for list help only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands send any e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Donations help keep the list going. http://www.type2.com/donate.html -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE send any e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To email the admin for list help only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands send any e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Donations help keep the list going. http://www.type2.com/donate.html --
