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Posted By: ALnCORY on 01/12/10 09:46am

JC Whitney has insulating kits and heat resistant material. I am sure other parts suppliers have similar stuff.

mbryanr, if your wife is a seamstress that is great, here is a pic of the cushions my wife recovered and some of the curtains she made. Really dressed it up to replace all the old covers etc.
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I don't think anyones dying statement ever contained the words "I wish I had spent more time in the office", so lets go somewhere!

Posted By: eyeteeth on 01/12/10 11:28am

To try and answer a few questions...

For the wheel wells. I made it up as I went there. A lot of Cutting a glueing. I used some 3M Spray adhesive stuff.

For the Doghouse, I used the Insulation from JC Whitney mentioned above along with the adhesive that was recommended. It was a spray... might have been the 3M I mentioned above. I no longer remember. But it helped with temperature, and noise. I use the same insulation as the padding for the carpeting in the cab as well. (My feet had gotten rather warm at one point)

I just realized I have no "after" pictures on my picture sight... only a few "in progress" of this particular upgrade.

Posted By: Griff in Fairbanks on 01/12/10 11:39am

mbryanr wrote:

any suggestions for insulating the doghouse? [emoticon]

In addition to insulating the doghouse, you might want to use a small marine bilge blower to get rid of the hot air that collects under the doghouse. On older, carbureted engines, this helps improve engine efficiency by keeping the carburetor cooler.

Depending on which way you set up the air flow, you can use the bilge blower to draw the hot air out from under the doghouse or direct cold air up under it to displace the hot air. I'd probably use the second method and push cooler air right up under the doghouse.

Most hot-rod shops and auto parts stores have thin, high performance insulation made for insulating automobile firewalls and floor pans.

I've lived most of my life in northern climates so heat from the doghouse was always a plus. However, I plan to use a pair of bilge blowers on my current project to help improve engine efficiency.

1970 Explorer Class A on a 1969 Dodge M300 chassis with 318 cu. in. (split year)
1972 Executive Class A on a Dodge M375 chassis with 413 cu. in.
1973 Explorer Class A on a Dodge RM350 (R4) chassis with 318 engine & tranny from 1970 Explorer Class A

Posted By: goreds2 on 01/17/10 10:03pm

eyeteeth wrote:

Oh... and I spent half an hour trying to get the furnace to light before I remembered to turn on the LP. [emoticon]

Sounds like something I would do. [emoticon]

See Picture In My Profile
I have a 1989 Dodge XPLORER RV Class B - Purchased 10/15/10 IN CASH
Fiance' purchased a Class C 2002 Dynamax Carri-go on 5/1/15 IN CASH
We've got the best of both worlds

Posted By: jayhedden on 01/21/10 09:32pm

would that expanding spray foam work for insulating the dog house? cheap minds want to find a cheap remedy,lol

Posted By: eyeteeth on 01/22/10 06:45am

I don't think I'd chance it. I have no idea how it reacts to heat, and the doghouse gets VERY hot. Plus I doubt the stuff has much of a fire rating so I don't know how safe it would be.

There's not a lot of space between the engine and cover. On mine, there are places where stuff rubs rights against the 1/2" of insulation from the JC Whitney kit.

I wouldn't do/chance it personally.

Posted By: Leeann on 01/22/10 02:50pm

I'm with eyeteeth - I'm not sure of the fire rating and I'm not sure how it handles intense heat.

I wouldn't risk it, personally.

'73 Concord 20' Class A w/Dodge 440 - see profile for photo

Posted By: Jer&Ger on 01/22/10 08:11pm

I finally got the neighbor's carport moved to my driveway and modifying it [emoticon]

to let the RV under it. Here is a pic of it. It looks a little Redneck, but who care's [emoticon]

. Now I can work with fewer hassles.

Jerry & Gerry, our pets (dogs), Byron, Coco
1976 Monaco, 440 ci. Dodge Sportsman chassis

Posted By: Leeann on 01/22/10 11:04pm

It may be redneck, but it's effective and I'm jealous [emoticon]

Posted By: jayhedden on 01/24/10 10:46am

okay i have searched for insulation,heat resitant material and sound deadner and have not come up with anything like you guys are explaining on the jc whitney web site,am i spelling it wrong or am i just having a slow sunday morning,help!

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