Cabin to hot
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 7:33 pm
Can any one help me with some ideas on keeping the cabin of my fj40 cooler. It has a holden 5.0 and the cabin get spretty warm. Motor runs cool i,m in sydney any help will be sweet
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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 7:56 pm
aircon?
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 8:14 pm
take the roof and doors off?
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 8:16 pm
Fill the cab with ice cubes?
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 8:19 pm
one of my mates ran thick carpet on his floors which seemed to help a bit
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 8:24 pm
yeah get the insulation stuff. it takes out noise too.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 9:47 pm
go to a refrigeration / airconditioning supplier (ie. - Lovelocks, Actrol Parts or Kirby) and buy some sheet bradlex in 19mm thickness. Use this on the floor and firewall.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 10:21 pm
Heat shield tape on the exhaust... I did this on my last car that had extractors and the floor no longer even warmed, you could even lay your hand on the headers while the engine was running... It also made the running temp drop 8 degrees.
Just wrap it further down under the floor to keep the cabin cooler.
Just wrap it further down under the floor to keep the cabin cooler.
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 11:06 pm
punch breather holes in the windshield?
Silicone the doors shut and fill the cab with water?
Silicone the doors shut and fill the cab with water?
too hot
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 11:37 pm
open the windos might help!!! 
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 11:50 pm
Sorry if this sounds like really stupid compared to some of the clever ideas so far but is there any chance your heater tap is stuck in the open position? If its got nothing to do with the heater then I'll probably go with siliconing the doors up and filling it with water like the other bloke said. 
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Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 7:11 am
Are there any other controls other then the pull out one on the dash for the heater??
Mine is stuck "On" on the dash push pull lever.
winter thats sweet! summer no gooood!
any tips????
or should i just disconnect the hose??
my floor gets a bit warm too. lucky we got those foot vents hey!
Mine is stuck "On" on the dash push pull lever.
winter thats sweet! summer no gooood!
any tips????
or should i just disconnect the hose??
my floor gets a bit warm too. lucky we got those foot vents hey!
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 7:32 pm
Mine has some good venting / air con...
See pic, left.
Should try it one day.
See pic, left.
Should try it one day.
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 10:19 pm
Meldge wrote:Mine has some good venting / air con...
See pic, left.
Should try it one day.
bet its nice and cool when its raining too
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 9:49 am
Shadow wrote:Meldge wrote:Mine has some good venting / air con...
See pic, left.
Should try it one day.
bet its nice and cool when its raining too
Hell Yeah - Got stuck on the freeway and it was absolutely p!ssing down, you know, when it's that bad you can't see the car in front. Wasn't too bad in the front seats, went over the top, but the boys in the back got farking soaked.
Still don't have a roof. While unregistered, seats and carpet out, the inside gets a wash everytime it rains.
Meldge