I'm usually able to search the forums and find the answers I'm looking for, and would like to thank all the posters for that. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the answer this time. Hence my first post. I own a 2004 F-350 CC PSD DRW Lariat and I am wondering if a condition with my seat brackets is normal. I took the truck on a trip from El Paso, TX to Huntington Beach, CA and along the way I put my bare foot down on top of one of the exposed metal brackets on the passenger side front seat that holds the seat to the floor and to my surprise got slightly burned by it, not severely, but enough to make me wonder why these things are not covered. Is it normal for these brackets to get this hot? Should they have covers? Any fixes?

 

i never noticed that myself, but the exhaust pipe does run right under the pass. seat. you could try some heat shielding on the pipe and under the carpet under the seat.
www.jegs.com sells alot of different types of heat shielding

your truck also has a cat (i think) and they will get pretty hot as well, if it is right under the seat it would heat it up pretty good.

 

My entire floorboards are getting extremely hot….all I do is pull with mine..
Wish I had an answer .

 

I appreciate the replies. I have just been reminded that I shouldn't assume anything. I assumed that there would be a heat shield between the catalytic converter and the floor board, there is not. The catalytic converter sits @ 5-6 inches below one of the bolts for the seat mount. In fact the only heat shield it has is a tiny one above the muffler. I guess I'll be spending some time this weekend fabricating a heat shield for it. Already being a fan of Jegs I guess that's where I'll start looking. Hopefully Ford won't void my warranty for it.

 

Send me some pictures

 

TIM-Pictures of what?

 

Heat sheilds when you build them.....how will you attach it the the bottom of the truck?

 

Tim-Suprisingly enough the answer I'm planning on using came from one of my more problematic employees. He mentioned, as a half-baked response, that I should tape aluminum foil above the converter making sure that I put the shiny side down. He didn't know it at the time but he wasn't far from the answer. I got back under the truck to look at mounting surfaces for a heat shield, and noticed that Ford shields the floor pan under the transmission with a stick on type thermal barrier. So, per WLIHNTR's suggestion I went to Jeg's and sure enough they sell thermal insulation for exhausts. I plan on using this stuff first (under the vehicle above converter), then getting progressively more complicated in my designs if needed. -Jonathan

Forgot to thank WLIHNTR. It was their suggestion about wrapping the pipe that made the difference. At first, I was hesitant to wrap the pipe out of fear of heat damaging the converter. The problem child at work just reminded me that I don't have to wrap the pipe, I can just stick it to the underside of the floor pan.