heater for 2a

I believe there are a wide range of heaters that can be made to fit - maybe someone who has done it can comment (mine has a genuine one) JD

Peugot get mentioned a lot - never seen one done or which model though. Perhaps a search in Google groups on this group may help - I'm sure it's been covered here before.

Richard

In message , Splitpin writes

I have one on a late 2a station wagon that could be sold :)

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i think they sell a round heater suitable to fit to series 1 and 2 landrovers , im not sure on the price but obviously it should fit easily and the pipes will pass through original holes in bulkhead i expect .

i fitted a leyland mini mk1 flat heater into my old series 2a , you do need to pass rubber hoses through bulkhead and bend one of the heaters brackets in order to get it to fit but it will fit on the lefthand side of the bulkhead just to right of gearstick [where original heater goes]

if you can find an old morris minor in scrapyard, early one though, they had round heaters but im not sure if the heater matrix was deeper than the landrovers.

the smiths round heaters and motors and matrixes all interchange witheachother and the fan and motor are all same depth, only the heater matrix are different lengths .

the landrover matrix is approx 3 1/2" deep .

to be honest if you can get a new heater unti for about 200 quid from jakewright then id go for one of those , or you might find a second hand one from someone breaking series landrovers .

the original round smiths heater is very easy to fit and the copper unions go through holes in the bulkhead that should already be there or blanked with plate/plugs , there should be 3 holes or so to bolt the heater back onto . you should have a fitting with a tap on, on top of cylinder head and a union somewhere else perhaps off the thermostat housing , i cant quite remember how my engine was piped up .

you should be able to find suitable duct tube and vents to go to windscreen , from older vehicles or series 3 landrovers , the series 3 pipes i think can be found under the covering on the dash where the adjusters are for the windscreen vents .

the vents only slip onto the rail under windscreen and plastic pipe is just pushed onto them.

i think there are already holse in the bottom of the dash to pass heater hoses thru, youll see one such hole in the side by ignition switch and speedo panel etc .

hope this helps .

ian

Splitp> I have got a series 2a with no heater.

I had a Mini heater in mine, mounted roughly where the original smith heater was, only upright (it's horizontal in the mini) However passengers kept banging thier knee on it, so I removed it. It hasn't had a heater since.

The best way to keep warm in a Series II/IIa is to set fire to it.

Alex

It's hard to light is rust ;-)

Martin

...and Alex spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...

:-) Cruel but fair.

Have you seen the program Brainiacs Science abuse? they have done several experiments with "Thermite" one where it burned through the bonnet and engine of a peugeot (?) Thermite is made from ground Aluminium and Iron Oxide (rust) Which make me think of Land Rovers as 2 tons of thermite especially series motors

...and Andy.Smalley spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...

I remember that experiment from skool chemistry! Epic firework display in a crucible at the front of the room which tipped over and burned through a 2" thick teak bench. As a safety precaution, the teacher told us to sit on the benches in the back half of the room. No eye protection, asbestos suits, hard hats, fire brigade presence, signed disclaimers or anything. I can't imagine how they do that kind of thing in skools today. It's probably banned.

Can't see my Series being that reactive, though. Some days it can't wake up of a morning.

On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 21:54:59 -0000, "Richard Brookman" scribbled the following nonsense:

dunno, will ask the science dept tomorrow. I belive it is or was used as a method of joining rails together on the rail network.

Thermite was used extensively as a method of welding, especially things like rails from when aluminium became reasonably cheap, probably early 20th century. Now rarely used as welding equipment is a lot more readily available, and you need a mould, and to know what you are doing in terms of quantities. It provided the active component of incendiary bombs in WW2, and probably today, if they are still used. It is not very easy to ignite, but very difficult to extinguish, and not only very hot, but the molten iron provides a lot of heat energy concentrated in a small volume. JD

The thermite reaction is pretty well described in Wikipedia.

It needs fine aluminium powder and the right sort of rust, and a fair bit of heat to get it going.