My friend bought a new F150 this winter and mentioned the aluminum body for 2015. Incidentally, this truck he bought with the features, power, is initially, so far, very impressive, he put it right to work hauling his firewood, been in the field a little, not bad. One darned thing I totally dislike and am in disbelief, is why in heck don't the inner fender wells protect the engine compartment? It has to be the dumbest blunder in design, all the road spray can get right into the engine compartment, and it will destroy things over time, sure they don't want them built so people don't buy new, but that is an issue that makes no sense, I've digressed here, back to the Aluminum body.
I've worked with aluminum in architectural applications, all kinds of assemblies, curtain wall, window wall, store fronts, custom extrusions, architectural panels, ornamental, decorative components etc. The first thing that comes to mind is the finish. The 2 I am familiar with is Kynar and Duranar the latter being the better of the 2, I have to wonder, what kind of finish will be applied to the base aluminum material, if its similar to any of these, it would seemingly be an expensive proposition, durable sure, but what about repairs, not the same as whats applied to steel. My thoughts are based ont the assumption that to put a finish on aluminum, it will be along the lines of the above finishes, which in architectural applications are not cheap by any means. You can't fix Kynar or Duranar in the field, and have it the same as it came from the factory, so this does raise the serious question about finishes, there has to be something exclusive to automotive applications that is cost effective, both in manufacture and aftermarket repair.
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Today's Featured Article - Oil Bath Air Filters - by Chris Pratt. Some of us grew up thinking that an air filter was a paper thing that allowed air to pass while trapping dirt particles of a particles of a certain size. What a surprise to open up your first old tractor's air filter case and find a can that appears to be filled with the scrap metal swept from around a machine shop metal lathe. To top that off, you have a cup with oil in it ("why would you want to lubricate your carburetor?"). On closer examination (and some reading in a AC D-14 service manual), I found out that this is a pretty ingenious method of cleaning the air in the tractor's intake tract.
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