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Offline Miniman

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« on: November 21, 2005, 20:16:36 »
OK then lets have some Ideas about my heater in the landy. Series 3 diesel I know they are bad but is there any improvments that can be done. Sensible Ideas.
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« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2005, 20:33:15 »
It depends on what you want to spend out.

There are good diesel powered heaters for trucks etc, that can be fitted, eberspacher is one make.

Have you gone through the obvious with the engine, stat etc.

An electric fan would help heat the engine up on a thermo switch,

Is the matrix ok on the heater, does it need flushing out, also has the control stuck shut, depending on the controls.
Kev

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« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2005, 21:59:31 »
na dont want to spend silly money....It be worth more than the landy....
Just after Ideas but the electric fan is a good Idea..
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« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2005, 22:33:00 »
Leccy fan with working stat, my 2 1/4 petrol during winter, hardly neet to switch the fan on, but does give me enough warmth, another thing is to fit a sheet behind the cab to cut off the tub section, what heat you have then will be kept in the cab area
Kev

'91 stretch Discovery 200 Tdi
Hybrid for running round (got to go now)
Srs 3 Lightweight petrol (got to go)
Srs 3 Lightweight petrol, runabout

Not every problem can be solved with duct tape, and it's exactly for those situations we have WD 40

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« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2005, 16:22:19 »
I saw in a Landrover owner mag that if you make your own little fan and attatch it into where the heater sucks air in from the side and there is a piece of threaded rod that you could attatch it to with a bolt, apparently it makes the heater suck much more air in as long as you make the fan suck rather than blow the air.

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« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2005, 17:07:13 »
At the moment, weather permitting I'm fitting a heater into the hybrid, no heating at all

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When I was doing minibus work, some of the bigger units had heaters in the back of the motor under the seat. They were basically small car heater matrix's, in a box with long pipes from the engine to circulate round it, with a small fan unit to blow out

I took one out before scrapping one. Re done it up and have at the mo got as far as sitting it into the cab, and running two pipes from the engine in to it, ran it up on the engine and got the heat curculating through the matrix, all I have to do now is run some electric to it to run the fan


The thing is you can find these units in allsorts of vehicles, old crew cab trucks, like british rail etc, if they are fed from the vehicle heating system no probs

Or make a box up, get a small fan unit and matrix and make your own.

At a push you could incorporate a small heater unit from a car itself complete, you may loose the middle seat, but would be worth it.

Here's a pic, the unit when I finally fit it wont show the pipes and fittings, they will be under the seat box
Kev

'91 stretch Discovery 200 Tdi
Hybrid for running round (got to go now)
Srs 3 Lightweight petrol (got to go)
Srs 3 Lightweight petrol, runabout

Not every problem can be solved with duct tape, and it's exactly for those situations we have WD 40

 






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