Series 3 heater... or not. Humm

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Not that I've got my engine back together yet... but for when I do! My 2A
has got a S3 bulkhead from a donor landrover and I'm having some problems
with the heater... no air comes out of the vents! Yes, the fan does work and
IS plumed into the heater, but nothing! The control lever is free but what
ever its position, no air comes out anywhere.
With out removing the hole dashboard to work out how the heater flaps work
ect , what's my best line of attack to at least get some air to the
demister? Are there pipes concealed behind the dash shelf? I hope this isn't
a case of "Oh, they all do that sir..."
Thanks! Toby


 

"TVS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Not that I've got my engine back together yet... but for when I do! My 2A
> has got a S3 bulkhead from a donor landrover and I'm having some problems
> with the heater... no air comes out of the vents! Yes, the fan does work
and
> IS plumed into the heater, but nothing! The control lever is free but what
> ever its position, no air comes out anywhere.
> With out removing the hole dashboard to work out how the heater flaps work
> ect , what's my best line of attack to at least get some air to the
> demister? Are there pipes concealed behind the dash shelf? I hope this
isn't
> a case of "Oh, they all do that sir..."
> Thanks! Toby
>
>

fans not running backwards is it?


 
"TVS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Not that I've got my engine back together yet... but for when I do! My 2A
> has got a S3 bulkhead from a donor landrover and I'm having some problems
> with the heater... no air comes out of the vents! Yes, the fan does work
> and
> IS plumed into the heater, but nothing! The control lever is free but what
> ever its position, no air comes out anywhere.
> With out removing the hole dashboard to work out how the heater flaps work
> ect , what's my best line of attack to at least get some air to the
> demister? Are there pipes concealed behind the dash shelf? I hope this
> isn't
> a case of "Oh, they all do that sir..."
> Thanks! Toby

On JLO the pipes to the demisters had come adrift... great for demisting the
speedo though.

Make friends with someone with little hands and multi jointed long arms....
Failing that grease up the back of your hands and get ready to shread some
skin.

Passenger side aint to bad... the driver side is another story. Not quite as
bad as walking home naked in a blizard though. .... whoops wrong group.

;-)

Lee D


 
ah ha ! youve done that in a blizzard too then ! ;-)


"lee davies" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "TVS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Not that I've got my engine back together yet... but for when I do! My 2A
>> has got a S3 bulkhead from a donor landrover and I'm having some problems
>> with the heater... no air comes out of the vents! Yes, the fan does work
>> and
>> IS plumed into the heater, but nothing! The control lever is free but
>> what
>> ever its position, no air comes out anywhere.
>> With out removing the hole dashboard to work out how the heater flaps
>> work
>> ect , what's my best line of attack to at least get some air to the
>> demister? Are there pipes concealed behind the dash shelf? I hope this
>> isn't
>> a case of "Oh, they all do that sir..."
>> Thanks! Toby
>
> On JLO the pipes to the demisters had come adrift... great for demisting
> the speedo though.
>
> Make friends with someone with little hands and multi jointed long
> arms.... Failing that grease up the back of your hands and get ready to
> shread some skin.
>
> Passenger side aint to bad... the driver side is another story. Not quite
> as bad as walking home naked in a blizard though. .... whoops wrong group.
>
> ;-)
>
> Lee D
>


 
TVS vaguely muttered something like ...
> Not that I've got my engine back together yet... but for when I do! My 2A
> has got a S3 bulkhead from a donor landrover and I'm having some problems
> with the heater... no air comes out of the vents! Yes, the fan does work
> and IS plumed into the heater, but nothing! The control lever is free but
> what ever its position, no air comes out anywhere.
> With out removing the hole dashboard to work out how the heater flaps work
> ect , what's my best line of attack to at least get some air to the
> demister? Are there pipes concealed behind the dash shelf? I hope this
> isn't a case of "Oh, they all do that sir..."
> Thanks! Toby

Start at the fan and work forwards ... slowly .. and yes, there's a ****
load of stuff behind the dash that needs to be played with to work the
heater vents.

The heater controls are simple cables and it may be that one of these has
come adrift or seized (swot happened on mine) and they are a bugger to
replace. If one does need replacing, tape the new one to the old one, end
to end, and try to pull the new one through when you pull the old one out.
I found that cycle gear cable inners worked really well when I replaced an
inner, as they are a tad smaller diameter, YMMV ... ;)

--
Paul ...
http://www.4x4prejudice.org/index.php
"A tosser is a tosser, no matter what mode of transport they're using."
(8(|) Homer Rules !!!


 
Hi make sure the fan scroll is ok I took mine out and the fan which fits to
the motor shaft was in a million bits, the motor worked fine but with out a
fan its no help !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rich


"TVS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Not that I've got my engine back together yet... but for when I do! My 2A
> has got a S3 bulkhead from a donor landrover and I'm having some problems
> with the heater... no air comes out of the vents! Yes, the fan does work
and
> IS plumed into the heater, but nothing! The control lever is free but what
> ever its position, no air comes out anywhere.
> With out removing the hole dashboard to work out how the heater flaps work
> ect , what's my best line of attack to at least get some air to the
> demister? Are there pipes concealed behind the dash shelf? I hope this
isn't
> a case of "Oh, they all do that sir..."
> Thanks! Toby
>
>


 
Thanks for the replies! Looks like I'll have to take the plunge and start
striping it down :(
Toby

"Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi make sure the fan scroll is ok I took mine out and the fan which fits
to
> the motor shaft was in a million bits, the motor worked fine but with out
a
> fan its no help !!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Rich
>
>
> "TVS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Not that I've got my engine back together yet... but for when I do! My
2A
> > has got a S3 bulkhead from a donor landrover and I'm having some
problems
> > with the heater... no air comes out of the vents! Yes, the fan does work
> and
> > IS plumed into the heater, but nothing! The control lever is free but
what
> > ever its position, no air comes out anywhere.
> > With out removing the hole dashboard to work out how the heater flaps
work
> > ect , what's my best line of attack to at least get some air to the
> > demister? Are there pipes concealed behind the dash shelf? I hope this
> isn't
> > a case of "Oh, they all do that sir..."
> > Thanks! Toby
> >
> >
>
>


 
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