Under pressure

As per the title ,err Indoors is putting pressure on me to sell my 90 truck cab as she hates driving the Landy and always complaining about the lack of heat from heater. It's got a td5 lump and it does run cool.She wants me to get a Japanese truck, but I can't see a Japanese truck holding its value like our Defenders,might be cheaper to change the girlfriend.

Kev1969 said:

As per the title ,err Indoors is putting pressure on me to sell my 90 truck cab as she hates driving the Landy and always complaining about the lack of heat from heater. It's got a td5 lump and it does run cool.She wants me to get a Japanese truck, but I can't see a Japanese truck holding its value like our Defenders,might be cheaper to change the girlfriend.

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Here ya go.

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Get the heater fixed, so it works right,prove he wrong, then part ex her..not the 90.

@blue beasty reckon this should be moved to AG....LOL..could get messy

Cheers

Yep, just sack the girlfriend (by text of course because that's apparently the way to roll nowadays).
It's close to Christmas now anyway so you could save some money by not having to buy her a present. You could then use that money to sort the heater issue and tell her what you've done with what was her Xmas money.

Nice one dieseldog liking the look of that heater will take a closer look,is there any thing that can be done to improve the td5s habit of running cool.Really don't want to go Japanese too many sensors and electrickery gubbins plus the depreciation.

Thought truck cabs were warm? I've even thought of fitting a roller blind type arrangement to my 90, behind the front seats, to try and keep the heat in the front
Presume you've checked the stat.

Scrap the girlfriend

Land rovers are more fun and cheaper to maintain

and more reliab........ oh..... ignore me...... !

Kev1969 said:

Nice one dieseldog liking the look of that heater will take a closer look,is there any thing that can be done to improve the td5s habit of running cool.Really don't want to go Japanese too many sensors and electrickery gubbins plus the depreciation.

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If you scrap the viscous fan and put twin electric ones in that run off a stat, they'll only come on when engine is up to temp, amd engine will get up to temp quicker that way.

Also, there is a pre heater type thing you can get that plumbs into the coolant pipes and you can switch it on half hour or so before you start her up, so its all warm and almost up temp before you even turn the key! My boss had one in his old 110 td, cant for the life of me remember the make, I think they are more popular in colder climates but well worth it if you struggle with the cold.

My commute has been cut in half so I only have 6-7 miles to drive, she only gets up to temp 3/4 of the way there so I'm looking at something similar! She's fine on longer runs, and my viscous fan isn't in the best of health either!

Kev1969 said:

Nice one dieseldog liking the look of that heater will take a closer look,is there any thing that can be done to improve the td5s habit of running cool.Really don't want to go Japanese too many sensors and electrickery gubbins plus the depreciation.

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Fit a working thermostat, your's must be stuck open and while you're in there back flush your heater matrix and replace the foam gaskets.

No point going Jap for heating, you should at least let her wear more than a thong and nipple tassles when she's in there though

Is this her from last weeks groceries shopping in Shrewsbury?

Al2O3 said:

Thought truck cabs were warm? I've even thought of fitting a roller blind type arrangement to my 90, behind the front seats, to try and keep the heat in the front
Presume you've checked the stat.

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I fitted a doubled up clear shower curtain on mine, I think it helps

Blimey I'm off to sainsburys

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/362493007100

I have this too in my 110, I'm sure you could make the front section of it fit the cab? (And then sell me the rest as I need some for other projects )