Hi all can any one tell me if there is something i can buty to help demist my s3 windscreen as the heater system is not very good for the winter .I seem to remmberthat at one time you could get a system like you haver on the back window off a car but with just one eliment that ran a round the windscreens .
In article , snipped-for-privacy@newsome.bucks.net (charlie) growled:
You can buy heated front windscreens for Series landies. Same technology they use in Range Rovers. About UKP60 for one pane IIRC so you may want to only do the driver's side?
i striped the heater , sealed all the holes in the large pipe/tube. unscrewed the steel plate that fits in the dashboard kinda thingy, you know where your demister pipes come up to windscreen, the sealed all holes - removed the directional flaps- so it now only blows on screen. sealed the steel plate back in, and now it only takes 5 mins to clear my screen in mid winter, and it clears 90% of the screen. for added heat ive fitted a smiths flat heater onto the rear bulkhead so, nice and warm in the back as well.
its a bit of work i know, but it works a treat now, ive even cut the top section off a Dr Pepper small bottle and sealed it over the passenger side demister, slid the demister pipe over it and you still have a passenger side windscreen demister, but if its struggling to demist the screen ie.. whilst off roading ,then i can put the cap on the dr pepper bottle , blanking off the passenger side . and the entire force of the demister goes to the drivers side, works brilliantly.
andy
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Twas Sun, 10 Aug 2003 12:21:07 +0100 when John Halliwell put finger to keyboard producing:
The first one piece screens were 110 in 1983? and then 90 in 1985? except Range Rovers which were always 1 piece.
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Twas Sat, 9 Aug 2003 10:30:22 +0000 (UTC) when charlie put finger to keyboard producing:
I used to use a little 12 volt heater things, I got it to try to warm the cab but I ended up mounting it upside down on the roof (inside) pointing down at the screen, it certainly helped and it was out of the way there.
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