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Mine is the sedan too. It's easy to get to the pipe coming out of the compressor. Look at my second to last photo (on page 5 of this topic) of the pump itself.
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07-04-2009, 04:34 PM | #75 |
so is there a general consensus as to what the insulating material should be? I dont want melting insulation.
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07-04-2009, 06:33 PM | #76 |
As you can see on page 5 - the fifth photo down, I used copper pipe insulation that has about a 3/4 inch inner diameter. The insulation is about another 3/4 inch thick. I then wrapped it with aluminum tape for heat protection from the engine and exhaust manifold.
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The aluminum tape will help the heat transfer. With a few layers of wrap it should help spread the heat out.
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Almost completed this thing except for the alum.wrap near the pulley/engine mount - how
the heck do you wrap that area? I can't get my fingers and tape around there!! |
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If you grew up in the U.S. since about the '50s, it's unlikely that you haven't had a primary tetanus immunization series. Required to go to school. But you're supposed to get a booster every 10 years, just in case you do stuff like gouge up your hands while working on your car. Lockjaw's bad stuff.
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Rule of thumb is that if you don't remember your last DTaP shot then its time for booster.
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Ive been lucky having cut myself, not so lightly, several times in the last two years, on not so clean metal, and havent had lockjaw yet, even though my tetanus is wayy overdue. |
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Go ahead and treat yourself to a nice DTaP shot and enjoy the next 10 years of bumps, scrapes, and cuts. You know, the way God designed us to do.
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are those aluminum tape the same that we use in the kitchen? Or is it a sticky back tape?
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07-06-2009, 03:31 AM | #87 |
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^ It feels like aluminum foil that we use in the kitchen, but one side is sticky. That's why it's called aluminum tape.
I think I might have done a little overkill. On the back end, after wrapping with aluminum tape, I had some Thermo-Tec Heat Shield left over and wrapped some more. I think the Thermo-Tec can withstand the heat much better than the aluminum tape. By the way, do you wrap that big bubble like thing in between the tube by the ECU? What is that for? |
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My, my...
You can't really "toughen yourself" out of lock-jaw. In fact, that is the first sign that you should get treated. Why? I am glad you asked.....After your jaw locks up, your neck muscles and the muscles you use to facilitate in breathing begin to "lock-up". Once that happens, which are the late signs of a tetanus infection, you can't scream for help much less breathe effectively; putting you into respiratory arrest and then....well you get the rest. Hence why it is important to be up to date with your vaccines. Besides, can you imagine what our friends will say? "Did you hear about 'so-and-so'? After he modified his car he died of tetanus. Who wants dibs on this car?" Honestly, I don't know what it is for. All I know is that it is wider and needs more material to wrap. It did make about a 3 to 5 degree difference when I wrapped it up. And yes, it was mentioned in my initial post.
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