Truck Name and Overheating

[sapper740]

Originally posted by david moore
Derek

Seeing your comment re "originally asbestos" implies that you have changed materials.
I have been a bit concerned about the fraying asbestos sheets on my cab 12 Ford F8 and have set them aside for now. Did you remove yours? Did you snip all those hundreds of staples or what? And what material did you use instead of asbestos?

David Moore
Kinston ON

I was fortunate in that the previous owner of my truck removed all the asbestos prior to my purchasing it. The E.P.A. has a wild-eyed hissy fit if someone even mentions Asbestos down here. Asbestos is only dangerous when its friable, which it sounds like yours is. Get rid of it and quickly! Remember Babcock and Wilcox?...the world's largest manufacturer of boilers?...they went broke from all the lawsuits over the asbestos insulation they used. I'm surprised all the ex-RCN types who sailed in the 230's on down haven't come down with Asbestosis or lung cancer yet! Right now, I'm driving sans insulation which makes for a noisy and hot drive. I'm thinking about experimenting with cementitious board as insulation, but haven't had time to work on it yet. In the meantime I'm open to ideas.


CHIMO!