defender heating

[BillyBlade]

Cos you like raw fish?

I actually do like sushi, yes. But I prefer being warm and not scraping the ice off the inside of the windscreen as well!

 

[bojit]

Last winter the inside windows of my Defender were frosting up as we drove along - even half an hour into the journey. Must look at this.

Give Vince at Nordic Outdoor a call he has one of these fitted to his hilux .http://www.nordicoutdoor.co.uk/heatshot-1.html

It won't do much for heating you up but at least you will be able to see where you going .

Craig...............

 

[AndyE]

Thanks for that Andy, i think i might go for it and get a d2 model, that sounds a good idea under the back seat, whats the problem with his exhaust location for the unit? with water ingress

Depends how deep you wade .... its too low for me

Andy

 

[British Red]

British Red,

Ther's a few pheasant, the odd bunny, the inevitable grey squirrel and it does draw woodies to. Oh - and muntjac that a fond of knocking our feeders over so they can scoff our wheat!

The wood itself is not that old, the poplar were planted since the war for the match trade, thanks to cheap disposable lighters they are still there!

All the best,

Dave

Sounds great Dave......I miss trees being in Lincolnshire

 

[tomongoose]

The heater hardly works in my landy and it often seems to be colder inside than out, and I often stay up at princetown and it freezes solid over night in the winter so half an hour before I leave I light a little paraffin heater and leave it running to defrost the cab before I have to go to work, it may be a fire hazard and fill the cab with fumes but its better than having ice on the inside of the windows

 

[Andy BB]

Pussies the lot of you! Remember riding my old MZ from Plymouth to London in the winter at night - on the hill approaching Exeter I obviously hit some sort of thermocline, as my visor suddenly froze on both the inside and outside.................

Still think a diesel Ssangyong Musso is the way to go

 

[JAG009]

Remember riding my old MZ from Plymouth to London in the winter at night

I did not think an MZ could make that distance ,so how many days did that take?and at night did you have a head torch on !:yikes:

Jason

 

[Andy BB]

I did not think an MZ could make that distance ,so how many days did that take?and at night did you have a head torch on !:yikes:

Jason

How very dare you !!! I've had big beemers, goldwings, Yamaha RSVs etc, but still have a soft spot for my MZs. Plug along at 65-70mph, really comfy, ridiculously cheap to get spare parts (how about a windscreen, replacement tyre, two hard panniers and fitting kit for 140 pounds?!). All the while making the Crazy Frog sound

 

[kmac]

Tell you what, this thread hasn't half done a good job of reminding me why I went Jap for my fourbyfour.
And watch the fireworks!

Don't know if this qualifies as fireworks, but I often see posts like this in Defender threads. Makes me wonder who the poster is trying to convince about his/her decision.....
but still loves to read Defender threads.

 

[mountainm]

Don't have a defender so prepared to be shot down.

But heating is only half the story. Could you insulate? Aerogel insulation is nice and thin but very efficient.

 

[charlieh]

In winter (especially bad weather like last year) I put a 5ft long greenhouse heater tube in mine, and just ran a long lead back to my plug in the porch. Was handy to prevent having to defrost the the inside of the vehicle and was also not to bad temperature wise.

Also I have a pair of Dickies winter overalls if im out in the real cold, these are mint i was doing work last winter outside in -15 quite comfortably and they are waterproof, well worth the £40, also handy for when your jumping in and out the landy pulling other road users out the hedge

 

[demographic]

Don't by secondhand Eberspachers when its cold, the price doubles.

 

[spandit]

Aerogel insulation is nice and thin but very efficient

Isn't it also incredibly expensive?

 

[mountainm]

Its not cheap but im guessing you wont need much and it will make a huge difference. You'd need some camper van windscreen protection too.

Any kind of insulation will improve a big tin boxes capacity for holding onto heat.

 

[spandit]

Don't buy secondhand Eberspachers when its cold, the price doubles.

The one I use the most was £20! ECU doesn't work but I've rigged it for manual control. Get a diesel one if you can and run it from a separate tank/bottle of red diesel or heating oil as it's cheaper (and legal as it's not powering the car)

 

[demographic]

The one I use the most was £20! ECU doesn't work but I've rigged it for manual control. Get a diesel one if you can and run it from a separate tank/bottle of red diesel or heating oil as it's cheaper (and legal as it's not powering the car)

Can't argue with a £20 price.

 

[spandit]

Helps if you understand how they work but at that price it was a great bargain

 

[santaman2000]

Having never owned a Landy I've got to ask. Is the factory heater really that bad?

 

[British Red]

Yes its woeful. Its better than the chassis rustproofing though.

 

[nuggets]

Having never owned a Landy I've got to ask. Is the factory heater really that bad?

living in florida it would be too warm to use it anyway Its not bad ! it,s just a heater matrix that relies on the engine water temp to provide heat .........just takes a bit of time for the diesel engine to warm up in `our` winter,s!!