Also check with Northern Tool; I saw a couple of aluminum tool boxes which might
work (http://www.northerntool.com). Type in [tool box] in the search box.
Randy Unter
'66 Overlander
Robert / Susan Harper wrote:
> >>I am thinking of having the original
> rectangular battery holder, outside behind the LP tanks, fixed or copied.
> The bottom of this alum. box is rotted out. Any ideas from you metal masters
> on whether it can be fixed, or if I should just have a new one fabricated?
> ___________________________
>
> My aluminum box was shot, too, and I'm going to have a new one fabricated
> from light gauge stainless steel. Don't know the cost, but visit a sheet
> metal fabricator or two, take your old box along.
> You may get a better price from a small shop, possibly a sole proprietor
> working alone. Or try a heating/air-conditioning man. He may use a sheet
> metal person who would take on a small job and not charge you an arm and a
> leg. You might also save $$$ by providing the raw material, which is often
> available at metal salvage yards at far below new cost, although the
> material may be new, just a "drop" from a larger sheet.
> If you provide the material, be clear with your fabricator about the
> thickness of the material, since the gauge of stainless steel is critical if
> he's working with light duty forming equipment typically used by residential
> HVAC shops.
> Of course you could go with aluminum again, and try coating the interior of
> the box with something (??) impervious to battery acid. Maybe spray-on
> rubber undercoating, with a sheet of rubber underneath the battery?
>
> Bob Harper
> '62 Globe Trotter in SC
>
> My auminum box was shot too, and I'm going to have a new one fabricated from
> light guage stainless steel-----Original Message-----
> From: Leslie Ashor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 4:15 PM
> Subject: [VAC] Batteries and Jalousies
>
> >In the last year we have talked so much about batteries and inverters and
> >solar chargers, etc. and I had decided to get an RV battery and put it
> under
> >the couch in a marine container with a vent hose to outside. To whomever
> >used the Walmart container for this-did you notice that it is not
> air-tight?
> >In the interest of time, ease and $$ I am thinking of having the original
> >rectangular battery holder, outside behind the LP tanks, fixed or copied.
> >The bottom of this alum. box is rotted out. Any ideas from you metal
> masters
> >on whether it can be fixed, or if I should just have a new one fabricated?
> >Cost estimate?
> >On another subject, I have the jalousie windows in the kitchen, and would
> >like to disassemble the whole thing for cleaning. There are little flat
> >springs holding the glass strips in place, which I thought would flatten to
> >release the glass, but I am afraid to push too hard. Do any of you know if
> I
> >am on the right track? Is there some secret to this? I may even remove
> frame
> >and all from the wall if it makes taking the thing apart easier or safer.
> >Just planning my obsessive, compulsive four day weekend!
> >Mike and Leslie
> >'62 Tradewind "Silver Stogie" (trying out new names for the former Ghetto
> on
> >Wheels)
> >
> >
