| Re: [GMCnet] Why a carrier in the navy never appealed to me- fuel tank progress [message #246805] |
Tue, 08 April 2014 17:28  |
Jim Bounds
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We have found crushed and missing body pads are a big factor in crushed fuel, brake, air, lp lines and wiring. You need 1/2" gap between the body and frame. $50 for 20 body pads 1/2" thick. Durometer does not matter as much as the decoupling effect you get with 1/2" gap. This decoupling reduces transmitted vibration.
Jim Bounds
-------- Original message --------
From: Bob de Kruyff <NEXT2POOL@AOL.COM>
Date: 04/07/2014 10:42 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Why a carrier in the navy never appealed to me- fuel
tank progress
Joe Weir wrote on Sun, 06 April 2014 20:50
> That is a thought. There is a gap between the frame and the body, so there should be room at the top of the tank, but there are impressions of the top of the tank on the aluminum above like they have been rubbing.
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> Bob de Kruyff wrote on Sun, 06 April 2014 21:14
> > Well the thread has taken a 90 deg turn. However, some people cut the underfloor aluminum and insulation to give the sender adequate clearance so that vibration doesn't crack the fittings that may be hard up against the floor underside.
I'm sure the pads are part of it, but I think they are close anyway. I don't think it will hurt to provide a bit of relief there.
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Bob de Kruyff
78 Eleganza
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| Re: [GMCnet] Why a carrier in the navy never appealed to me- fuel tank progress [message #246816 is a reply to message #246805] |
Tue, 08 April 2014 19:22  |
Joe Weir
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Big Jim,
Thanks for the reminder. I have a set of 1/2" pads cooling their jets in a box in the coach, awaiting their turn. I am somewhat unsure about the install process, though. Now would be the time, however, since I have it all jacked up.
| Jim Bounds wrote on Tue, 08 April 2014 17:28 |
We have found crushed and missing body pads are a big factor in crushed fuel, brake, air, lp lines and wiring. You need 1/2" gap between the body and frame. $50 for 20 body pads 1/2" thick. Durometer does not matter as much as the decoupling effect you get with 1/2" gap. This decoupling reduces transmitted vibration.
Jim Bounds
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