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Rock-Dust Shield

Yahoo Message Number: 7091
Even more the reason to get my Aluminum/Stainless Rock Shield Dust Deflector of the CAD. Drawing Board and on the MotorBox... How much Does CC Charge for theirs?? David Thanks for the 8inch wide reference dimension...
Lee In Portland ...

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Ok, I'll bite what's a "Aluminum/Stainless Rock Shield Dust Deflector of the CAD. Drawing Board and on the MotorBox"??

A part, A drawing?

Jim & Chis Cook

2002 Intrigue #11446

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Jim Cook jcook@...> wrote:

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>Ok, I'll bite what's an Aluminum/Stainless Rock Shield Dust Deflector of >the CAD Drawing Board and on the MotorBox. A part, A drawing?
Sorry Jim for not being Clear. I am using Computer Aided Drafting software to design a Shield that will bolt to the underneath inner side of the Engine Fan Housing to keep rocks from getting up into the fan area and trashing the raditor. I've heard of Alaskan Trippers who have experienced such a problem. The lower 8" wide formed plate will be aluiminum to keep rocks out and the air directed inward not downward to cause dust storms and the inner vertical Panel will be thin perferated Stainless to let the air pass thru and keep rocks out. I am a Mechanical sheet metal engineer and have access to metal fabrication tools. More Fun, and cheapest than buying one. And in my biased opinion it is a better design... Motorbox is my nickname for my MotorHome. Mostly a BIG Box with a Motor in it.. Other than all of the fancy stuff a wife needs to call it home...
Lee in Portland '01 Intrigue #11219..

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Lee, I'm interested also. Aren't our fans "suckers", pulling the air through the radiator and as such creating positive pressure in the engine compartment "box" that eventually has to go somewhere? I'd love to be able to minimize the dust storm problem also. I have never had my fan re-programmed and I find that it will not come on when the engine is cool.
I have recently installed a Silverleaf and hope to be able to identify a temperature at which it comes on to see if it needs to be reset.
If you come up with a design and a way to put it into a drawing that an old apple-tree mechanic can read, please do so.

Thanks

Larry

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Yahoo Message Number: 7104
Lee,

Thanks for the information.

I would be most interested your shield.

I've got 1/4 inch hardware cloth ty-warped below me radiator now. Kind of ugly but it works.

Let me know how your doing on this project.

Oh, it does not take Alaska nor the Alaskan Hwy to pitch rocks into the radiator. My damage was due to fresh tar and chip in North Dakota. (big chips!) I was able to live with it until I got to the Coach Care folks in Anchorage (Cummins Northwest).

Thanks again,
Jim

ps: We call our rig 'Country View', my Alaskan travel buddy calls it 'pig pen' after comic strip kid that was always kicking up dust.

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Yahoo Message Number: 7109
Quote from: lcasebeer@c\.\.\.

Jim Cook wrote:

>Ok, I'll bite what's an Aluminum/Stainless Rock Shield Dust
Deflector of >the CAD Drawing Board and on the MotorBox. A part, A drawing?

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Sorry Jim for not being Clear. I am using Computer Aided Drafting
software to design a Shield that will bolt to the underneath inner side of the Engine Fan Housing to keep rocks from getting up into the fan area and trashing the raditor. I've heard of Alaskan Trippers who have experienced such a problem. The lower 8" wide formed plate will be aluiminum to keep rocks out and the air directed inward not downward to cause dust storms and the inner vertical Panel will be thin perferated Stainless to let the air pass thru and keep rocks out.
I am a Mechanical sheet metal engineer and have access to metal fabrication tools. More Fun, and cheapest than buying one. And in my biased opinion it is a better design... Motorbox is my nickname for my MotorHome. Mostly a BIG Box with a Motor in it.. Other than all of the fancy stuff a wife needs to call it home...

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Lee in Portland '01 Intrigue #11219..

Lee:

I hope I am addressing the correct party.
I have had the fan controller retrofit and understand the mechanics of it all but think I would be interested in the details of your deflector design. I also have extensive metal fabricating equipment and welding capabilities for steel or aluminum.
Making the dusty grand entrence is sometimes embarrasing and I would like to put an end to it.

If you can or are willing to provide it,I can accept it in most any format and if necessary in AutoCad.

This would truly be appreciated.
James M. Green

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Yahoo Message Number: 7115
Once I have my Rock-Dust Shield completed I'll photo it for the Forum Files Plus Autocad Dwgs for those who have shown interest.. May be a while, in Rainy Oregon to lay under the coach in a poddle of water is not my I deat of a Happy Satruday Project.
Lee in Rainy Oregon
 

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i, have been to ak. on your trip up stop at cummins, in whitehorse, yukon. they fix them all summer long on all cans of rv. have a nice trip to ak. capt.
dan
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> Jim Cook wrote:

> >Ok, I'll bite what's an Aluminum/Stainless Rock Shield Dust > Deflector of >the CAD Drawing Board and on the MotorBox. A part, A > drawing?

> Sorry Jim for not being Clear. I am using Computer Aided Drafting > software to design a Shield that will bolt to the underneath inner > side of the Engine Fan Housing to keep rocks from getting up into

the

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fan area and trashing the raditor. I've heard of Alaskan Trippers

who

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have experienced such a problem. The lower 8" wide formed plate

will

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be aluiminum to keep rocks out and the air directed inward not > downward to cause dust storms and the inner vertical Panel will be > thin perferated Stainless to let the air pass thru and keep rocks

out.

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I am a Mechanical sheet metal engineer and have access to metal > fabrication tools. More Fun, and cheapest than buying one. And in

my

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biased opinion it is a better design... Motorbox is my nickname

for my

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MotorHome. Mostly a BIG Box with a Motor in it.. Other than all of

the

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fancy stuff a wife needs to call it home...
> Lee in Portland '01 Intrigue #11219..

Lee:

I hope I am addressing the correct party.
I have had the fan controller retrofit and understand the

mechanics of

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it all but think I would be interested in the details of your > deflector design. I also have extensive metal fabricating equipment > and welding capabilities for steel or aluminum.
Making the dusty grand entrence is sometimes embarrasing and I

would